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Carola Guerrero De León

Texas Nonprofit to Continue Registering Voters After Pause on AG Paxton's 'Noncitizen' Investigation

Voters head to the Sam Houston State Office Building near the Texas State Capitol to cast their ballot. (Credit: SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Jolt, A Texas nonprofit previously under investigation by state Attorney General Ken Paxton on unsupported claims of illegally registering noncitizen voters, is now free to continue its work without immediate threat of shutdown, after a federal judge granted a stay in a lawsuit the organization filed against the official.

The development takes place one month after a federal judge in Texas ruled that a statute known as "request to examine" is unconstitutional. The ruling came in response to a separate lawsuit filed by Spirit AeroSystems against Paxton.

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