{"id":5053,"date":"2015-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aclutx.org\/news\/issue\/voting-rights\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T18:36:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:36:21","slug":"derecho-al-voto","status":"publish","type":"issue","link":"https:\/\/www.aclutx.org\/es\/issues\/derecho-al-voto\/","title":{"rendered":"Derecho al voto"},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"class_list":["post-5053","issue","type-issue","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"featured-image":5052,"intro":"El voto y el derecho para votar son el cimiento de la democracia. A ning\u00fan votante leg\u00edtimo se le debe negar la oportunidad de que su voz sea escuchada. Y ning\u00fan votante debe tener miedo a votar debido a los intimidantes observadores en las casillas o por la amenaza de ir a prisi\u00f3n al cometer un error honesto.","what-you-need-to-know":[{"highlighted":"18 million","description":"Texas now has more than 18 million registered voters."},{"highlighted":"44%","description":"Areas with large Black populations in Harris County were 44% more likely to have ballots rejected than heavily white areas in the first major election since the passage of Texas\u2019 voter suppression law. (New York Times)"},{"highlighted":"65","description":"The age at which all Texans are eligible to vote by mail."}],"promo":{"display_promo":true,"description":"","button":"","url":""},"components":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"Voting and the right to vote are a bedrock of democracy. No rightful voter should be denied the opportunity to make their voice heard. And no voter should be afraid to vote because of intimidating poll watchers or the threat of going to jail for making an honest mistake.\r\n\r\nYet, Texas is one of the most difficult places to cast a ballot \u2014 and Texas politicians continue to make voting even harder. In 2021, lawmakers passed legislation that added unnecessary obstacles to voting; limited early voting; empowered poll watchers to disrupt polling places; created a host of new criminal laws to intimidate participation in the voting process; and erected barriers to helping voters with disabilities and those who need language assistance. New vote-by-mail rules have already caused mail ballot applications to be rejected, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/18\/us\/politics\/texas-primary-ballot-rejections.html\">especially among Black voters<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThe ACLU of Texas fights these anti-voter laws in the legislature and in court. We advocate for fair electoral maps that don't dilute the voting power of communities of color. We represent people caught up in the legal system because of harsh penalties for, at worst, honest mistakes while voting. We work with partners to run the largest non-partisan poll-monitoring program in the state. We join millions of Texans in the fight to ensure that someday, every Texan\u2019s voice will be heard.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"cta-style-arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aclutx.org\/vote\">Visit our Election Hub<\/a>"}}],"featured-story":null,"latest-stories":"","related_campaigns_cases_legislation":"","actions":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Derecho al voto - ACLU of Texas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aclutx.org\/es\/issues\/derecho-al-voto\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Derecho al voto - ACLU of Texas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Voting and the right to vote are a bedrock of democracy. 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