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The Texas Tribune reports:
A federal judge ruled on Saturday that part of a Texas law that enacted new voting restrictions violated the U.S. Constitution by being too vague and restricting free speech. The ruling, made by U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez, immediately halted the state’s ability to investigate alleged cases of vote harvesting, such as the investigation into the League of United Latin American Citizens by Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Before today’s ruling, a person who knowingly provided or offered vote harvesting services in exchange for compensation was committing a third-degree felony. This meant that organizers of voter outreach organizations and even volunteers could spend up to ten years in prison and fined up to $10,000 for giving or offering these services. This confusion also left voter outreach organizations uncertain about whether they could provide volunteers with food or bus fare because it could look like compensation.
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BREAKING: A federal district court just struck down a provision of sweeping anti-voter law S.B. 1 that restricted crucial get-out-the-vote efforts in Texas.
This is a win for voting rights in the state, and for the organizations that help keep elections accessible.
— ACLU of Texas (@ACLUTx) September 28, 2024
Texas can no longer investigate alleged cases of vote harvesting, federal judge says https://t.co/6hGdWv6VXV
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) September 29, 2024