Latinos for Trump v. Sessions

Filing 1

COMPLAINT AND APPLICATION FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number 0542-14386818). No Summons requested at this time, filed by Latinos for Trump. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - List of State Governors and Secretaries of State, #2 Exhibit 2 - Cain Declaration 20210118, #3 Exhibit 3 - Global Risk Analysis: Special Report, #4 Exhibit 4-1, #5 Exhibit 4-2, #6 Exhibit 4-3, #7 Exhibit 4-4, #8 Exhibit 4-5, #9 Exhibit 4-6, #10 Exhibit 4-7, #11 Exhibit 4-8, #12 Exhibit 4-9, #13 Exhibit 4-10, #14 Exhibit 4-11, #15 Exhibit 4-12, #16 Exhibit 4-13, #17 Exhibit 4-14, #18 Exhibit 4-15, #19 Exhibit 4-16, #20 Exhibit 4-17, #21 Exhibit 4-18, #22 Exhibit 4-19, #23 Exhibit 4-20, #24 Exhibit 4-21, #25 Exhibit 4-22, #26 Exhibit 4-23, #27 Exhibit 4-24, #28 Exhibit 4-25)(Davis, Paul)

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Texas Democrats Voter Protection 
Program 

Texas is the biggest battleground state in the country, and the Texas 
Democratic Party has begun building the most comprehensive voter 
protection program in Texas history. 

The Texas Democratic Party has partnered with Stacey Abrams and her organization 
Fair Fight, hired a new Voter Protection Team, recruited and trained voter protection 
volunteers across Texas, developed our poll monitoring program, and launched our 
year-long voter protection hotline to ensure access to the ballot box is expanded, 
and we turn Texas blue up and down the ballot.  

Protecting the right to vote is our responsibility. We should be making it easier for 
eligible Texans to cast their ballot. We’ve identified hurdles that Texas voters face, 
and we’ve outlined how we’re going to challenge and ultimately tear down these 
obstacles.  

More highlights from the programs include: 
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The Texas Democratic Party has hired two new staff members who will be at 
the helm of our voter protection efforts -- Rose Clouston, our Voter Protection 
Director, and Darcy Caballero, our Voter Assistance Hotline Manager. We are 
also hiring for two new voter protection roles -- a ​Deputy Director of Voter 
Protection​ and a Voter Protection Organizer​. 
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We have launched a year-round multilingual voter assistance hotline.  
Texas Democrats are working with elections administrators across Texas’ 254 
counties to establish permanent early voting locations and make voting more 
convenient for regular people. 

Our voter protection volunteers and Voter Protection Council will keep a 
watchful eye on the full range of voting developments in Texas. Our 
volunteers will focus on key issues affecting voter turnout and voter 
protection in Texas, including keeping a pulse on voting locations, poll worker 
training, voter registration, election technology, and generally be the Texas 
Democrats’ eyes and ears in their communities.  

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Texas Democrats’ poll watchers will observe the voting process, report any 
voting irregularities, and advocate on voters’ behalf should they encounter 
any confusion or issues while voting.  

MyTexasVotes.com empowers voters to make their plan to vote, find their 
polling, and receive reminder texts and emails about their voting plan.  

About 1-844-TX-VOTES, our Voter Protection Hotline: 

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Through our online voting information hub MyTexasVotes.com and our newly 
launched Voter Assistance Hotline at 844-TX-VOTES, Texans are able to get 
information about registering to vote, understand their voting rights, locate 
their polling place, and report any voting-related issues.  

Texans who wish to quickly access voting information or share their voting 
experience can speak to our dedicated voter protection volunteers who are 
operating the year-round voter protection hotline. 

Texas Democrats are providing Texans with an array of Texas Democratic 
Party channels where they can obtain voting information. 

Texas Democrats’ Voter Protection lawsuits: 
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Days before the voter registration deadline for the Texas primary, the Texas 
Civil Rights Project, Texas Democratic Party, DSCC, and DCCC were awarded 
an injunction in our lawsuit forcing the Texas Department of Public Safety to 
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properly register certain named voters​ who fell into the trap set by the 
state’s discriminatory policy of not allowing Texans who update their Driver’s 
Licenses online to automatically update their voter registration.  

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In January 2020, The Texas Democratic Party, the Democratic Senatorial 
Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign 
Committee filed a lawsuit challenging an unconstitutional electronic 
signature ban spearheaded by the Texas Secretary of State. In an effort to 
make it harder to vote, the Texas Secretary of State urged counties to reject 
thousands of voter registration forms with electronic or imaged signatures, 
claiming they lacked the required original signatures or “wet” signatures. Not 
only is the ban inconsistent with a federal court ruling that found no “legal 
impediment” to using electronic signatures, but it’s also an unconstitutional 
tool in the broader Republican effort to suppress voting access.  

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As part of their larger scheme to suppress the vote, Republicans led an 
initiative in 2019 to ban polling sites that primarily serve young voters across 
Texas. The Texas Democratic Party, Democratic Senatorial Campaign 
Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed a 
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lawsuit to overturn the ban on “mobile” early voting sites that expand ballot 
box access for Texans living near colleges and universities, and those without 
reliable access to transportation​.  

In November 2019, the Texas Democratic Party, the Democratic National 
Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and the 
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed a lawsuit challenging 
the Texas law that gives Republicans prioritized positioning on general 
election ballots. This gives Republicans a “first-listed” position and an unfair 
benefit in the 2020 elections. 

Read our more detailed “Voter Registration Plan” blog post 
here: txdem.co/VPRO 
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