The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas over a recently passed law the federal government says will unfairly restrict voting.The suit filed on Thursday in federal court in San Antonio challenges the law known as SB1, which was passed in September to revamp voting and elections in the southwestern state.However, the justice department says the measure, which prohibits drive-in voting and institutes several other restrictions on hours and mail-in ballots, violates federal voting and civil rights laws.
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