Here’s Why Voter Registration Groups Are Fighting Texas’ Attempted Voter Purge

KWBU | By Ashley Lopez

Published February 20, 2019 at 6:27 PM CST

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Rae Martinez, a director with the Texas Freedom Network, says the state's attempt to remove potential noncitizens from voter rolls will make registering voters harder.

“People of color have been demographically on the rise, have been voting more. So, it does feel very reactionary.”

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Ashley Lopez

Ashley Lopez joined KUT in January 2016. She covers politics and health care, and is part of the NPR-Kaiser Health News reporting collaborative. Previously she worked as a reporter at public radio stations in Louisville, Ky.; Miami and Fort Myers, Fla., where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award.

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