Democrats Deal A Huge Blow To Voter Suppression With Big Texas Court Win

Texas Democrats, the DCCC, and DSCC scored a large triumph successful tribunal arsenic Texas voters volition beryllium capable to registry to ballot online erstwhile they renew driver’s licenses permanently.

The Democrats jointly announced successful a connection provided to PoliticusUSA:

In a immense triumph for voting rights, Texas voters volition present permanently beryllium capable to registry to ballot online erstwhile they update their driver’s licence information, pursuing a palmy ineligible situation by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and the Texas Democratic Party.

The DCCC, DSCC, and Texas Democratic Party intervened successful a suit against the authorities of Texas aft they refused to comply with the National Voter Registration Act, often referred to arsenic the “motor voter” law. In August,the suit forced a impermanent fixthat allowed Texas voters to registry to ballot online erstwhile they updated their driver’s license, which has since led tomore than 1 cardinal Texansusing this method to registry to ballot oregon update their registration — aft this week’s victory, those protections are present permanent.

“This ineligible triumph deals a stroke to elector suppression astatine a pivotal infinitesimal for ideology successful America.”

This is simply a captious triumph for ideology and aboriginal cases against Republican elector suppression laws.

DCCC Chair, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney said, “This ineligible triumph deals a stroke to elector suppression astatine a pivotal infinitesimal for ideology successful America,” said DCCC Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney. “The stakes for entree to the ballot container successful Texas person ne'er been higher, and this palmy suit to safeguard voting rights for millions of Texans comes astatine a important time. The protections guaranteed by this ineligible situation volition marque a satellite of quality for young voters, radical of color, and Texans crossed the state. Our gratitude to each voting rights activistic who fought to support ideology successful Texas and made this triumph possible.”

Federal Legislation To Protect Voting Rights Must Be Passed

Thousands of radical protested successful Texas implicit the play to demanding voting rights protections. Democrats volition get their stock of victories successful court, but the champion mode to support the close to ballot is for Congress to walk voting rights authorities that undoes the Republican state-level elector suppression campaign.

Democrats successful Congress tin hole this, and it indispensable beryllium done earlier the extremity of the year.