Texas Governor Signs, Restrictive Voting Bill Into Law.
Texas Governor Signs, Restrictive Voting Bill Into Law.
On September 7, Texas Republican
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law
with a number of new restrictive voting measures.
On September 7, Texas Republican
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law
with a number of new restrictive voting measures.
CNN reports that the bill bans 24-hour and
drive-thru voting, imposes new hurdles on mail-in
ballots and empowers partisan poll watchers.
CNN reports that the bill bans 24-hour and
drive-thru voting, imposes new hurdles on mail-in
ballots and empowers partisan poll watchers.
Texas joins a list of Republican-controlled
states that have clamped down
on access to the ballot box.
Florida, Georgia and other states have
also enacted new voting laws.
Opponents of the bill will claim that it will restrict voting access for marginalized voters, particularly people of color and those with disabilities.
The bill restricts the hours counties can
offer early voting to between 6 A.M. and 10 P.M. .
The bill also blocks counties from sending
unsolicited mail-in voting applications
and places new rules around mail-in voting.
CNN reports that measures to expand
voting rights are currently stalled on Capitol Hill.
Due to opposition within the party, Senate Democrats
have been unable to break the filibuster preventing
voter protections from being put into place