Joe Biden’s government files lawsuit against Texas over controversial voting law

New showdown between the Biden administration and the Texan government. This time, the US Department of Justice filed a complaint Thursday, November 4 against Texas for a law recently adopted by this state which the government of Joe Biden believes restricts the right to vote. The lawsuit filed in federal court in San Antonio accuses the legislation of violating federal election and civil rights laws.

Texas law, which its Republican supporters say makes elections safer by protecting against fraud, prohibits drive-in voting (while driving your car) and places several other restrictions on voting times and voting by correspondence. Critics argue that it disproportionately affects the vote of minorities, especially black Americans, who historically tend to vote Democrats.

The justice ministry said in a statement, among other things, that the legislation violated voters’ rights by restricting the ability to access assistance for people needing assistance to vote.

“Our democracy depends on the right of eligible voters to put a ballot in the ballot box and on the fact that this ballot is counted”Justice Minister Merrick Garland said promising his department would do everything possible “to protect this fundamental pillar of our society”.

This Texas law is part of a fundamental movement: pSeveral states across the country, such as Georgia, Florida and Arizona, have grappled in recent months to use the unfounded allegations of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, launched by former President Donald Trump and his allies, to pass laws imposing various restrictions on voting and therefore making it more difficult for some, according to associations.