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Texas Democrats’ late-night walkout scuppers Republican efforts to restrict voting rights
Posted on 5/31/21 at 2:41 am
Posted on 5/31/21 at 2:41 am
Guardian article
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Texas Republican have failed in their efforts to push through one of the most restrictive voting measures in the US after Democrats walked out of the House at the last minute, leaving the bill languishing ahead of a midnight deadline.
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Less than 24 hours earlier, the bill seemed all but guaranteed to reach Abbott’s desk. The bill had passed in the Senate on party lines around 6am on Sunday, after eight hours of questioning by Democrats who had virtually no path to stop it. However, a Democrat walkout prevented a quorum in the House.
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In closed-door negotiations, Republicans added language to Senate Bill 7 that could make it easier for a judge to overturn an election. They also pushed back the start of Sunday voting, when many Black churchgoers go to the polls. The measure would also eliminate drive-thru voting and 24-hour polling centers, both of which Harris county, a Democratic stronghold, introduced last year.
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Michael McCaul, a senior US House Republican from Texas, told CNN he thought the law “may be more of an optics issue, restoring confidence with the American people. In my state you actually do believe that there was tremendous fraud.” There was not. Texas has only one pending voter fraud case arising from the 2020 election. Nonetheless it is the last big battleground in Republican efforts to tighten voting laws, driven by Donald Trump’s lie that the presidential election was stolen. Joe Biden on Saturday compared the Texas bill to election changes in Georgia and Arizona, as “an assault on democracy”. Since Trump’s defeat, at least 14 states have enacted restrictive voting laws, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. It has counted nearly 400 bills nationwide.
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Posted on 5/31/21 at 2:59 am to loumiz
How could it have been "all but guaranteed to reach Abbott's desk" when this Democrat walkout was surely a known possibility from the jump??
Posted on 5/31/21 at 3:01 am to loumiz
Sounds like Democrats hate democracy
Posted on 5/31/21 at 3:20 am to loumiz
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restrict voting rights
Posted on 5/31/21 at 3:24 am to RockyMtnTigerWDE
Harkens back to the Jim Crow era. Worse than that even.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 3:29 am to davyjones
Yes indeed.
When the left starts pushing that, It’s really them saying.
Stop, you are limiting our ability to commit voting fraud.
When the left starts pushing that, It’s really them saying.
Stop, you are limiting our ability to commit voting fraud.
This post was edited on 5/31/21 at 10:26 am
Posted on 5/31/21 at 3:31 am to loumiz
Restrict voting?
Don’t you mean fortify the election process?
Don’t you mean fortify the election process?
Posted on 5/31/21 at 3:44 am to RockyMtnTigerWDE
Here's one I really like:
"It would have prohibited the after-hours and drive-through options that voting rights advocates said helped Black and Latino voters in the Houston area cast their ballots in the 2020 election."
Exactly what is it that hampers black and latino people's ability to vote either during "regular" hours or physically inside the voting location that would so desperately necessitate after-hours and drive-through?? I mean, it's gotta be something rather significant to make such a bold and heroic stand over it.
I'm actually a bit offended on behalf of black and latino voters due to Democrats' positions like this. Because the insinuations seem offensive.
"It would have prohibited the after-hours and drive-through options that voting rights advocates said helped Black and Latino voters in the Houston area cast their ballots in the 2020 election."
Exactly what is it that hampers black and latino people's ability to vote either during "regular" hours or physically inside the voting location that would so desperately necessitate after-hours and drive-through?? I mean, it's gotta be something rather significant to make such a bold and heroic stand over it.
I'm actually a bit offended on behalf of black and latino voters due to Democrats' positions like this. Because the insinuations seem offensive.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 4:28 am to Yoda Baby
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Sounds like Democrats hate democracy
Weird thing to say, since the Republicans are the ones trying to restrict voting rights for American citizens.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 5:07 am to Froman
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Weird thing to say, since the Republicans are the ones trying to restrict voting rights for American citizens.
What did they do?
This post was edited on 5/31/21 at 5:08 am
Posted on 5/31/21 at 5:10 am to Froman
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since the Republicans are the ones trying to restrict voting rights for American citizens.
bullshite
Posted on 5/31/21 at 5:16 am to Froman
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Weird thing to say, since the Republicans are the ones trying to restrict voting rights for American citizens.
The rules would be the same for everyone. That's perfectly fair.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 5:33 am to Froman
How? Explain
Posted on 5/31/21 at 6:39 am to loumiz
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There was not. Texas has only one pending voter fraud case arising from the 2020 election. Nonetheless it is the last big battleground in Republican efforts to tighten voting laws, driven by Donald Trump’s lie that the presidential election was stolen. Joe Biden on Saturday compared the Texas bill to election changes in Georgia and Arizona, as “an assault on democracy”. Since Trump’s defeat, at least 14 states have enacted restrictive voting laws, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. It has counted nearly 400 bills nationwide.
So note to self....the guardian is a left wing rag....got it.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 6:42 am to TOSOV
This will be added to a special session. Hope this helps get some other things added to the special session ie the protect our girls....my b...young menstrators....in sports bill.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 6:44 am to Froman
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Weird thing to say, since the Republicans are the ones trying to restrict voting rights for American citizens
Show me in ANY of these laws that a properly registered, legal voter CANNOT vote in an election.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 6:48 am to Froman
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Weird thing to say, since the Republicans are the ones trying to restrict voting rights for American citizens.
So let me get this straight...you have issues with state legislatures fortifying the state rules, that all have to abide by, to prevent fraud in non-election years, but no problem with election rules being changed on the fly by people not legally able to, months prior to a major presidential election??
Posted on 5/31/21 at 6:53 am to Froman
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since the Republicans are the ones trying to restrict voting rights for American citizens.
It has been asked, but again, how does the Texas law restrict voting rights? Explain. Lay it out. Make your case.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 6:54 am to davyjones
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How could it have been "all but guaranteed to reach Abbott's desk" when this Democrat walkout was surely a known possibility from the jump??
That shows the author's bias. They are making it out to be some last-minute, heroic push to save the right to vote for millions of Texans. In actuality, everyone involved probably knew this bill never had a chance to reach Abbott's desk due to the fact that Democrats had the numbers to pull exactly what they did.
This post was edited on 5/31/21 at 6:55 am
Posted on 5/31/21 at 7:12 am to RollTide1987
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due to the fact that Democrats had the numbers to pull exactly what they did.
Looking forward to them hiding in OK like they did yrs back...iirc over another election related bill...hope Abbott has the nards to send the state troopers to get them like they were back then.
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