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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES TEXAS OVER ITS NEW VOTING LAW


THE GOP-LED STATE ENACTED A LAW TIGHTENING VOTING RULES; DEMOCRATS SAY IT AIMS
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The Justice Department sued Texas over aspects of its new voting law, the latest
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rejection of mail ballots for what it called “immaterial errors or omissions.”

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