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Texas AG makes voter assistance felony, threatens Latino aid

6/6/2026

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, after winning the Republican Senate nomination, made volunteer voter assistance a felony.
The law criminalizes paying staff, providing stipends or gas money, and visiting voters’ homes.
It also forbids volunteers from helping elderly or bilingual voters fill out ballots, transport them, or deliver ballots to drop boxes.
LULAC Texas director Gabriel Rosales warned the crackdown harms Latino civil-rights work and pledged resistance.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, after winning the Republican Senate nomination, made volunteer voter assistance a felony.
The law criminalizes paying staff, providing stipends or gas money, and visiting voters’ homes.
It also forbids volunteers from helping elderly or bilingual voters fill out ballots, transport them, or deliver ballots to drop boxes.
LULAC Texas director Gabriel Rosales warned the crackdown harms Latino civil-rights work and pledged resistance.