Second Lawsuit Accuses Texas of Voter Suppression
SAN ANTONIO (CN) — Three voters and two nonprofits sued Texas in federal court Tuesday claiming the state’s failure to register voters through its online driver’s license application violates federal law.
The lawsuit comes eight days after a cadre of Democrats sued the Texas secretary of state on voter suppression claims; thousands of Texans were improperly barred from voting in the 2018 midterm elections because they had registered through a third-party online portal, the Democrats say.
MOVE Texas and the League of Women Voters of Texas say the National Voter Registration Act’s “motor voter” provisions obligate Texas to allow drivers to register to vote each time they obtain, renew or update their licenses through the state’s Department of Public Safety website.
Though the department sends visitors to the Secretary of State’s online voter registration application, where users can re-enter the same information into new forms, the plaintiffs say that because this is not simultaneous registration, it does not satisfy the federal law’s requirement.
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