Author: Gabriella Sanchez

Gabriella Sanchez is a staff writer and editor in the Brennan Center’s Communications and Strategy department, where she prepares materials for publication and contributes pieces. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Sanchez was a reporter at Brightwire, where she wrote on Latin American financial, corporate and sociopolitical news. She has a BA in English and literary arts from Brown University.

Texas’ Voter Suppression Law Is on Trial

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Civil rights groups and voting organizations are in federal court challenging a Texas law that makes it harder to vote, especially for people of color and those with disabilities. Over the course of the trial, which goes until late October, counsel will show how Senate Bill 1 violates the Constitution, the Voting Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

While SB 1 is one of many anti-democracy laws enacted by 19 states in the year after the 2020 election, it stands out for its sheer number of restrictive and discriminatory provisions, which largely target Latino and Black voters. This is likely the only challenge to such an extensive restrictive voting law that will go to trial between now and the 2024 election.