DOJ sues Texas over redistricting, saying the new maps discriminate
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The Justice Department is suing the state of Texas over its newly redistricted congressional and state legislature maps.
The Justice Department is suing the state of Texas over its newly redistricted congressional and state legislature maps, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday.
Garland said Texas violated the Voting Rights Act by drawing redistricting maps that disenfranchise African American and Latino voters.
"The complaint we filed today alleges that Texas has violated section two by creating redistricting plans that deny or abridge the rights of Latino and Black voters to vote on account of their race, color or membership in a language minority group," Garland said at a press conference Monday. "The department's career voting law experts have assessed Texas's new redistricting plans and determine that they include districts that violate the Voting Rights Act."
It marks the third time the Biden Justice Department has sued the state and the second time it has sued over an election-related matter.
