Following the home raids of Latino campaign workers, two elected officials, and a political candidate in Texas, a Latino civil rights organization is calling on the Justice Department to investigate.
The raids were conducted across homes in three counties in connection to a two-year investigation of alleged fraud and voter harvesting, Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) said.
Authorities confiscated cellphones, laptops, and documents in the early morning hours.
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Cecily Castellano, a Democratic state House nominee vying for a seat in a swing district, was one of four women whose home was searched. Castellano’s seat has been the target of Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), who has vowed to flip the seat in an effort to pass his school voucher policy goals.
Castellano told the Washington
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