Texas Sues Harris County Over Race-Targeted Election Ads on Meta – Bloomberg Law News

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Americas+1 212 318 2000 EMEA+44 20 7330 7500 Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000 Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Americas+1 212 318 2000 EMEA+44 20 7330 7500 Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000 Harris County’s election chief has spent more than $43,000 in taxpayer money on Facebook and Instagram advertisements to encourage racial minorities to vote in the election, the state attorney general’s office said in a lawsuit Thursday.The ads unlawfully target certain groups, including African Americans, Asians, and Hispanics, but not others, the office said. The county of nearly 5 million people is the most populous in Texas.“Nothing in the Texas Constitution or the statutes of the state of Texas permit a subdivision of the state to direct targeted ads towards people on the basis of race or ethnicity,” the … Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis. Log in to keep reading or access research tools and resources. source