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In reply to the discussion: Follow Marc E. Elias: We had THREE major wins tonight in TEXAS, MONTANA and SOUTH CAROLINA! [View all]bigtree
(85,996 posts)33. thing is, some of them are continuations
...of suits brought, expanded, and joined by different Democratic committees where Marc Elias and others have been working for decades.
Here's a victory reported today which was a long time in the works and the result of many collaborations
Federal Judge Smacks Down GOP Attempt To Make Voting Harder For Minorities In Texas
In a decision announced late Friday, a federal judge smacked down a Republican attempt in Texas to discriminate against Black and Hispanic voters in the upcoming presidential election.
According to the Texas Tribune, Less than three weeks before early voting begins in Texas, a U.S. district judge has blocked the state from eliminating straight-ticket voting as an option for people who go to the polls this November.
As the report notes, Democrats sued the state in March to overturn the Texas Legislatures removal of straight-ticket voting.
The judge found that the Republican law would impose a discriminatory burden on minority voters in Texas.
More from the Texas Tribune:In a ruling issued late Friday, U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo cited the coronavirus pandemic, saying the elimination of the voting practice would cause irreparable injury to voters by creating mass lines at the polls and increasing the amount of time voters are exposed to COVID-19.
Marmolejo also found that the GOP-backed law would impose a discriminatory burden on black and Hispanic voters and create comparatively less opportunities for these voters to participate in the political process.
She acknowledged the burden the decision could put on local and state election officials, who will have to recalibrate voting machines or reprint ballots. But she reasoned that the potential harm for those suing, including the Texas Association for Retired Americans, was outweighed by the inconveniences resulting.
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/09/26/federal-judge-smacks-down-gop-attempt-to-make-voting-harder-for-minorities-in-texas.html
here's the case back in October with Marc Elias and others serving as counsel:
In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in Austin, the Texas Democratic Party joined by the Democratic campaign arms for the U.S. House and Senate alleges that the states move to effectively end the use of what were known as temporary or mobile early voting sites is unconstitutional because it discriminates against young voters by shrinking their access to the ballot box.
https://www.texasdemocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Texas-Mobile-Voting-Filed-Complaint.pdf
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Follow Marc E. Elias: We had THREE major wins tonight in TEXAS, MONTANA and SOUTH CAROLINA! [View all]
Lock him up.
Sep 2020
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As part of the Victory Counsel Program, we reviewed 7000 lawsuits involving trump
Gothmog
Sep 2020
#25
Yes, it is tiresome; I had already dug pretty deeply in the site, including what you posted and more
lagomorph777
Sep 2020
#19
I was on that page; I can light up slight variants of the color scheme, and make one state pop out,
lagomorph777
Sep 2020
#17
Yes, there's a freaking MAP of the US with each of the states in which they have cases....
George II
Sep 2020
#31