Texas Election Integrity Law Challenge Weakened but Can Proceed

A challenge to a robust election integrity law Texas Republicans passed after the 2020 election can proceed, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, finding that Secretary of State Jane Nelson (R) lacks immunity against some provisions it says her office enforces.

By a 2-1 vote, a panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed in large part a lower court ruling that allowed voters rights groups to take on the Election Protection and Integrity Act of 2021.

Judges Priscilla Richman and Leslie Southwick, representing the panel majority, did dismiss 23 claims against Nelson that the ...