The lawsuit claims a recent law 'threatened the livelihood of civic engagement across Texas campuses.'
The Texas College Democrats have sued Secretary of State Ruth Hughs in the hopes a judge will hit the pause button on a law they claim suppresses the youth vote.
At the center of the lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday, is HB 1888, a recent law that requires all temporary polling places to be open for the entire length of early voting. This requirement, the lawsuit claims, is problematic for college voters because some campuses don't have the resources to keep a polling place open for two full weeks.
At the University of Texas at Austin, where a polling location was set up in 2018, voter turnout among registered students for the midterm elections was 42 percentage points higher than in 2014, according to the school. Kassie Phebillo, a doctoral student at UT Austin's Moody College of Communication, credited the increase in voter engagement to student-led efforts to make voting easy and accessible.
Cameron County officials told the Texas Tribune that instead of having temporary polling locations at three colleges, they will open one at whichever campus is likely to see the most traffic.
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