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The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Texas on Monday alleging the state violated the Voting Rights Act by creating redistricting plans that discriminate against minority voters, Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

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The Department of Justice sued Texas over new redistricting maps Monday, saying the plans discriminate against voters in the states booming Latino and Black populations.

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The US Department of Justice sued the state of Texas for recently drawn political boundaries approved by the state’s Republican lawmakers and signed into law by Republican Governor Greg Abbott.

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WASHINGTON -The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Texas on Monday alleging the state violated the Voting Rights Act by creating redistricting plans that discriminate against minority voters, Attorney General Merrick Garland said. The redistricting plans dilute the Black and Latino vote and violate Section 2 of the voting act, Garland said at a news conference. "These

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Department of Justice sued Texas over new redistricting maps Monday, saying the plans discriminate against voters in the state’s booming Latino and Black populations.

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Attorney General Merrick Garland said the state's redistricting maps dilute\u00a0the voting strength of of Black and Latino residents.

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The Justice Department is suing the state of Texas over its newly redistricted congressional and state legislature maps.

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The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Monday challenging legislative maps adopted by Texas Republicans in recent weeks that it says fail to recognize growth in the Latino population.

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WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Department of Justice is suing Texas over new redistricting maps, saying the plans violate the rights of voters in the state’s booming Latino and Black populations.The lawsuit, filed in the Western District of Texas, claims the state has “again diluted the voting strength of minority Texans and continued its refusal to comply with the Voting Rights Act, absent intervention by the Attorney General or the federal c…

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President Biden’s Justice Department is suing Texas over its redistricting plans, arguing the GOP-controlled state legislature approved maps that discriminate against minorities by making it harder for them to vote.

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Associated PressAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Department of Justice has sued Texas over new redistricting maps, saying the plans discriminate against voters in the state’s booming Latino and Black populations. The maps passed by Texas’ Republican-dominated Legislature favor incumbents and decrease political representation for growing minority communities that have driven growth in the nation’s largest red state. The map pack Black …

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The lawsuit, filed in the Western District of Texas, claims the Republican-controlled state violated part of the Voting Rights Act. The case is the first legal action challenging a state’s maps from the Biden Justice Department during this redistricting cycle. Texas's Attorney General, Ken Paxton, condemned the litigation as an intrusion by the Democratic administration.

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