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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a nonprofit group dedicated to increasing Latino participation in civic engagement, accusing them of registering illegal immigrants to vote.
In court documents, Paxton’s office said Jolt Initiative is “systematically subverting the election process and violating Texas election law by recruiting, training, and directing individuals to submit false, or otherwise unlawful, voter registration applications.”
“The left constantly tries to cheat and rig elections because they know they can’t win honestly. Any organization attempting to register illegals, who are all criminals, must be completely crushed and shut down immediately,”Paxton said in a statement. “JOLT is a radical, partisan operation that has, and continues to, knowingly attempt to corrupt our voter rolls and weaken the voice of lawful Texas voters. I will make sure they face the full force of the law.”
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FILE – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton spoke at the Supreme Court building in Washington, June 9, 2016. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
The lawsuit asks a court to dissolve Jolt’s charter and revoke its ability to do business in Texas.
In response, Jolt has sued Paxton and filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against him, accusing their attorney general of engaging in a retaliatory campaign aimed at revoking the organization’s corporate charter.
The group said Paxton’s lawsuit is “direct retaliation for Jolt’s protected First Amendment activities, including its voter registration drives and its previous federal lawsuit challenging an intrusive document demand from the Attorney General’s office.”
“Let the record show that the Texas Attorney General is using the power of his office to silence Latino voters,” said Jackie Bastard, Jolt’s executive director. “After we challenged his first unconstitutional attempt to…
