No. Hamilton is mischaracterizing here the DOJ’s lawsuits to ensure that voting rights protections are not undermined by state laws that discriminate in the name of “security.” Two examples of this are Georgia’s SB202 and Texas’s SB1.

In 2021, the DOJ filed a lawsuit against Georgia, alleging that its new election law, SB202, discriminated against Black voters and violated the Voting Rights Act. The law introduced measures such as voter ID requirements for absentee ballots and restrictions on ballot drop boxes, which opponents argued disproportionately affected minority voters.

“Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the DOJ, alleged that Georgia’s law violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits racially discriminatory voting laws – and not only has a disproportionate impact on voters of color but includes several provisions that were “adopted with the intent to deny or abridge Black citizens’ equal access to the political process.”

The DOJ also filed a lawsuit against Texas in 2021, challenging certain provisions of its voting law, SB1. The lawsuit alleged that the new rules, which limited absentee voting and empowered partisan poll watchers, violated the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by making it harder for certain groups, such as disabled individuals and non-English speakers, to vote.

Neither of the measures would have enhanced election “security”, which is why the DOJ sued.

Full contextual analysis of Section 3.8: Department of Justice here.