Texas NAACP backs request for federal intervention over voter-suppression catastrophe

“If the goal of Senate Bill 1 truly is to secure elections, then we can and should be able to work together to accomplish that without disenfranchising minority or other voters.”

The Texas NAACP has strongly supported the request of the National NAACP and African-American State Legislators for federal intervention in the matter of the courageous Texas legislators who are utilizing legitimate means to fight against efforts to further marginalize African-American and Latino Texans and diminish their influence in Texas politics. “We noted with disappointment that our Governor has stated the Legislators will be “cabined,” and now a right-wing group has added to that message, calling for a bounty to be placed on them. To our horror, it appears as though the Democratic Legislators are being treated as runaway slaves,” Texas NAACP noted in a release.

This ordeal, the group lamented,  is turning back the hands of time in Texas neccessitates federal intervention. “If the goal of Senate Bill 1 truly is to secure elections, then we can and should be able to work together to accomplish that without disenfranchising minority or other voters. We embrace the concerns expressed by our National NAACP Office that actions to arrest, imprison, or cabin Texas lawmakers for their political beliefs constitute violations of the First, Fourth and Thirteenth Amendment Rights of these Legislators and 18 United States Code Section 241. The adding of this bounty enhances our concern and further clarifies why federal intervention is needed.” the group noted.

The request to the U.S. Justice Department is attached to this email.