Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Malaika Jabali ·Updated December 7, 2021
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Texas on Monday alleging the state violated the Voting Rights Act by creating redistricting plans that intentionally discriminate against Black and Latino voters by minimizing their voting strength, Reuters reports.
In his remarks, Attorney General Merrick Garland said that Texas violated Section 2 of the VRA, which requires “that state voting laws