As Latino vote accelerates, Texas Republicans seek more restrictions.
— that the state had to get federal approval for electoral changes right up until the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013.
“The proposed changes in Texas safeguard the voting rights of all voters, including Latinos, by ensuring every vote is legally cast and counted,” Matt Rinaldi, the state Republican Party chairman, said in an emailed statement. “The Texas electoral system has always been a system that is open to whites, particularly economically comfortable whites, and closed to everyone else,” he said.
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