‘Frustrating’ White House meeting escalates fears Biden is failing on voting rights | The fight to vote

Leaders of major groups pushing for voting reform expected to hear about a strategy to move forward - but they didn't hear any kind of plan at all

Hello, and Happy Thursday,

Around Thanksgiving, I spoke with a few people who had recently attended a meeting at the White House to discuss voting rights. They were frustrated.

The justice department filed its first redistricting lawsuit this year on Monday, challenging Texas' new congressional and state House maps. Texas Republicans drew districts, in some cases intentionally, to make it harder for Latino and Black voters to elect the candidate of their choice.

A Trump-aligned group is looking for a way around Wisconsin's Democratic governor to enact new voting restrictions.

Lawyers for Crystal Mason, the Texas woman appealing a five-year prison sentence for illegal voting in 2016, filed an appellate brief arguing that Texas' new voting law contains a provision that bolsters her argument for why her conviction should be overturned.