AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ new $3 billion dementia research fund is now temporarily blocked and on hold after three voters filed a lawsuit , claiming the voting machines used in the election last month were faulty.

The lawsuit was filed in Travis County earlier this month by Shannon Huggins, Lars Kuslich and Jose Silvester against the Texas Secretary of State’s Office. Voters approved Proposition 14 with more than 68.5% of the vote.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R-Texas), who championed the funding during the legislative session and touted it as one of his top priorities , blasted the lawsuit. In a statement last week , Patrick said the delay will prevent critical research on dementia, Alzheimer’s and related diseases.

“This attack on DPRIT is disgusting and is a disservice to the roughly 5

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