This Austin Resident Was On Texas’ List Of Potential Illegal Voters. Now She’s Suing.

“I know my rights, but it was like – wait, is this happening?”

By Ashley LopezFebruary 4, 2019 9:30 am, , , ,

From KUT:

Julieta Garibay is one of almost 100,000 people on Texas’ voter rolls who state officials recently said might not be citizens. Like many people on the list, though, the Austin resident recently became a U.S. citizen and has the right to vote.

“I know my rights, but it was like – wait, is this happening?” Garibay said after finding out she had been flagged.

Garibay, along with six other voters and voting rights groups, sued state officials this weekend, claiming Texas’ effort to identify and remove alleged noncitizens from voter rolls was intended to single out and intimidate citizens who were not born in the United States.

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