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The League of United Latin American Citizens, representing Iowa’s Hispanic population, filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging new voting restrictions in the state.
The League of United Latin American Citizens, representing Iowa’s Hispanic population, filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging new voting restrictions in the state.
DES MOINES – A Latino civil rights group, backed by Democratic attorneys, says it has filed a lawsuit challenging an Iowa law shortening the state s early and Election Day voting, among other restrictions.
Marc Elias, an attorney who represents Democrats in court battles around the country over election laws, wrote on Twitter that he is representing the League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa in a challenge to the law, which Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Monday.
The lawsuit did not yet appear in Iowa s online court system Tuesday morning, but Elias shared a copy of the document online. It argues that the law violates the Iowa Constitution s protections for the right to vote, free speech, free assembly and equal protection and names Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller as defendants.
Gov. Kim Reynolds said the new law "strengthens uniformity by providing Iowa’s election officials with consistent parameters for Election Day, absentee voting, database maintenance, as well as a clear appeals process for local county auditors."