Some Texas Lawmakers Disown Part Of Their Plan To Change Voting Rules
3 years, 7 months ago

Some Texas Lawmakers Disown Part Of Their Plan To Change Voting Rules

NPR  

Some Texas Lawmakers Disown Part Of Their Plan To Change Voting Rules A walkout by Texas Democrats over the weekend prevented a final vote on a bill that would have cut back polling hours and reduce access to mail-in voting. Texas Democrats barely blocked their state's bill, and then yesterday on this program, a key Texas Republican made news. The bill text did block Sunday voting before 1 p.m. TRAVIS CLARDY: And actually, that's one of the things I look forward to fixing the most. The bill text says that if enough votes were not cast in accordance with the law, a judge may, quote, "void" an election, quote, "without attempting to determine how individual voters voted."

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Texas judge says no quick ruling expected over GOP efforts to toss 2022 election losses near Houston
1 year, 4 months ago

Texas judge says no quick ruling expected over GOP efforts to toss 2022 election losses near Houston

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — A Texas judge presiding over Republicans’ widespread challenges to losses in the 2022 elections around Houston said Thursday not to expect a quick ruling following a trial in which no GOP voters came forward to testify that they were unable to vote because of ballot shortages or delayed poll openings last November. At the heart of the challenge …

Advocates denounce Texas’ rejected ballots before Congress
2 years, 9 months ago

Advocates denounce Texas’ rejected ballots before Congress

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Voting rights groups went before Congress on Wednesday and lashed out at Texas’ tougher new voting laws during a Thursday congressional hearing following tens of thousands of rejected mail ballots – an unusually high number – earlier this month in the nation’s first primary of 2022. Democrats and civil rights advocates seized on an Associated Press report …

Texas still working through rejected ballots after primary
2 years, 10 months ago

Texas still working through rejected ballots after primary

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans promised new voting rules would make it “easier to vote and harder to cheat.” But as the dust settled Wednesday on the nation’s first primary, voters in both parties had their ballots caught by the changes. But although most races were decided by Wednesday, counties that had rejected thousands of mail ballots for not complying …

EXPLAINER: How a new GOP law in Texas makes voting harder
3 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: How a new GOP law in Texas makes voting harder

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The sweeping changes to Texas’ election code that GOP Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Tuesday make it harder — sometimes even legally riskier — to cast a ballot in the state, which already has some of the nation’s most restrictive voting laws. As recently as 1962, Republican poll watchers in some parts of Texas challenged Black …

Texas governor signs new GOP voting restrictions into law
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas governor signs new GOP voting restrictions into law

Associated Press  

TYLER, Texas — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an elections overhaul into law Tuesday that adds more voting restrictions in the booming state, after Democrats spent months protesting what they say are efforts to weaken minority turnout and preserve the GOP’s eroding dominance. The bill signing again underlined the hard right turn Texas Republicans made this year, including a …

Texas governor signs GOP voting restrictions into law
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas governor signs GOP voting restrictions into law

LA Times  

Texas Gov Greg Abbott shows off Senate Bill 1 after he signed it into law in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday. Greg Abbott signed an elections overhaul into law Tuesday that adds more voting restrictions in the booming state, after Democrats spent months protesting what they say are efforts to weaken minority turnout and preserve the GOP’s eroding dominance. The bill …

Texas governor signs Republican-backed voting restrictions
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas governor signs Republican-backed voting restrictions

Al Jazeera  

New law prevents officials from sending out unsolicited mail-in ballot applications and empowers partisan poll-watchers. The new Texas law is the latest in a series passed this year in a national campaign in Republican-led states, including in Florida, Georgia and Arizona, to create new barriers to voting following former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen …

EXPLAINER: Details of the final version of Texas voting bill
3 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: Details of the final version of Texas voting bill

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The sweeping changes to Texas’ election code now awaiting GOP Gov. Here’s a closer look at what’s in the final version of the legislation: EMPOWERING POLL WATCHERS Some of the most significant changes in the Texas legislation concerns partisan poll watchers, the volunteers deployed by both major parties to observe voting and counting. As recently as 1962, …

Texas Legislature sends sweeping GOP voting bill to governor
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas Legislature sends sweeping GOP voting bill to governor

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The GOP-controlled Texas Legislature passed a broad overhaul of the state’s election laws Tuesday, tightening already strict voting rules and dealing a bruising defeat to Democrats who waged a monthslong fight over what they argued was a brazen attempt to disenfranchise minorities and other Democratic-leaning voters. I look forward to signing Senate Bill 1 into law, ensuring …

After A Standoff With Democrats, Texas Republicans Pass New Voting Restrictions
3 years, 4 months ago

After A Standoff With Democrats, Texas Republicans Pass New Voting Restrictions

NPR  

After A Standoff With Democrats, Texas Republicans Pass New Voting Restrictions Enlarge this image toggle caption Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images Texas Republicans on Tuesday passed a series of new restrictions on the state's voting process, concluding a months-long legislative effort by sending the measure to Republican Gov. Sponsor Message National Texas Republicans Pass New Voting Restrictions Texas Republicans …

Texas Legislature sends sweeping GOP voting bill to governor
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas Legislature sends sweeping GOP voting bill to governor

LA Times  

The Texas Legislature sent a sweeping rewrite of the state’s election laws to Republican Gov. The rest of the far-reaching legislation, spurred in part by former President Trump’s false claims of a stolen election, had set off a heated summer in Texas of walkouts by Democrats, Republican threats of arrests, Abbott’s veto of the paychecks of thousands of rank-and-file staffers …

Texas GOP advances voting bill after Democrats’ holdout ends
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas GOP advances voting bill after Democrats’ holdout ends

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans advanced new voting restrictions Thursday night after months of protests by Democrats, who after returning from a 38-day walkout are now all but out of ways to stop a bill that includes a ban on drive-thru voting and would empower poll watchers. On Wednesday, the U.S. House passed federal voting rights legislation that congressional Democrats …

Texas Democrats return, end 38-day holdout over voting bill
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas Democrats return, end 38-day holdout over voting bill

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A standoff in Texas over new voting restrictions that gridlocked the state Capitol for 38 consecutive days ended Thursday when some Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., dropped their holdout, paving the way for Republicans to resume pushing an elections overhaul. Only three new Democrats showed up Thursday, and the vast majority of the more than 50 …

Texas Democrats Return, Ending A 38-Day Holdout That Blocked A Voting Bill
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas Democrats Return, Ending A 38-Day Holdout That Blocked A Voting Bill

NPR  

Texas Democrats Return, Ending A 38-Day Holdout That Blocked A Voting Bill Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP AUSTIN, Texas — A standoff in Texas over new voting restrictions that gridlocked the state Capitol for 38 consecutive days ended Thursday when some Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., dropped their holdout, paving the way for Republicans to …

Texas law enforcement enlisted to end Democrats’ holdout
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas law enforcement enlisted to end Democrats’ holdout

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans enlisted the help of law enforcement for the first time Thursday to force the return of Democratic legislators who fled the state a month ago to block new voting restrictions. The Texas Department of Public Safety, the state’s law enforcement division, said in a statement that it did not “discuss operational specifics” and referred further …

More Texas Democrats return, but not enough to end holdout
3 years, 5 months ago

More Texas Democrats return, but not enough to end holdout

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A monthlong standoff by Texas Democrats who left the state to block a GOP voting bill inched closer to ending Monday as several holdouts returned and put Republicans on the brink of having enough lawmakers to push forward once again with an election overhaul. The Texas House of Representatives is now just five members shy of a …

As Texas Democrats mull return, GOP voting bill still awaits
3 years, 5 months ago

As Texas Democrats mull return, GOP voting bill still awaits

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Twenty-six days into refusing to come home, Texas Democrats who have twice now blocked a GOP voting bill face a choice: whether to go for Round 3. Setting up camp in a Washington hotel, Texas Democrats spent nearly a month meeting with congressional leaders, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and torpedoed new voting laws back home …

Texas Democrats Meet With U.S. Senators As Window Narrows To Protect Voting Rights
3 years, 5 months ago

Texas Democrats Meet With U.S. Senators As Window Narrows To Protect Voting Rights

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Texas Democrats who made the decision this week to flee the state for Washington, D.C., in a desperate effort to hold off a voter suppression bill met on Wednesday with several U.S. senators to continue the fight for federal voting rights legislation. The state lawmakers met Tuesday with Vice President Kamala Harris and Senate Majority Leader Chuck …

EXPLAINER: What’s in the Texas GOP’s voting bills?
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s in the Texas GOP’s voting bills?

Associated Press  

The Texas voting bills that prompted state Democrats’ flight to Washington this week include a raft of tweaks and changes to the state’s election code. As recently as 1962, Republican poll watchers in some parts of Texas challenged Black and Latino voters to read and explain the U.S. Constitution before casting ballots as part of a campaign dubbed “Operation Eagle …

Texas Democrats dig in after exodus; GOP threatens arrest
3 years, 5 months ago

Texas Democrats dig in after exodus; GOP threatens arrest

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democrats who hurriedly took off to Washington to block sweeping new election laws urged Congress on Tuesday to quickly pass legislation protecting voting rights, while Republican Gov. In Austin, House Republicans authorized state troopers to find and corral missing legislators, while a depleted but still-working state Senate passed new voting restrictions in a show of GOP …

Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop GOP voting bill
3 years, 5 months ago

Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop GOP voting bill

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats in the Texas Legislature bolted Monday for Washington, and said they were ready to remain there for weeks in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws, forcing a dramatic new showdown over voting rights in America. Greg Abbott told an Austin television station he would simply keep calling special sessions through next year …

State politicians flee Texas to derail legislation on voting restrictions, abortion access
3 years, 5 months ago

State politicians flee Texas to derail legislation on voting restrictions, abortion access

ABC  

Dozens of Democratic politicians have left Texas as part of an orchestrated move to derail Republican efforts to pass new voting restrictions and other measures. Key points: Most of the 67-member Democratic caucus has fled the state The move is meant to prevent the quorum Republicans need to pass the legislation Many Republican-led states are pushing new voting restrictions in …

Biden slams Republican state voting bills as ‘un-American’
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden slams Republican state voting bills as ‘un-American’

Al Jazeera  

Texas legislators go to Washington and call on US President Joe Biden and Congress to counter state voting restrictions. It suppresses and subjugates.” Invoking the US civil rights movement of the 1960s and the historic battle for Black liberation that began after slavery, Biden delivered a fiery speech in Philadelphia condemning the drive by Republicans in several US states including …

Texas Democrats Leave The State In An Effort To Block GOP Voting Restrictions
3 years, 5 months ago

Texas Democrats Leave The State In An Effort To Block GOP Voting Restrictions

NPR  

Texas Democrats Leave The State In An Effort To Block GOP Voting Restrictions Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP Texas House Democrats left the state on Monday in a second high-profile effort to block controversial GOP legislation that critics have slammed as voter suppression. "Today, Texas House Democrats stand united in our decision to break quorum and …

Texas Democrats fled the state. Here’s why
3 years, 5 months ago

Texas Democrats fled the state. Here’s why

LA Times  

Texas state Rep. Jessica Gonzalez speaks during a news conference on May 31 in Austin after House Democrats blocked one of the most restrictive voting bills in the U.S. from passing before a midnight deadline. Texas statehouse Democrats fled Monday to Washington D.C. to try and block the GOP’s sweeping elections overhaul bill that makes it harder to vote in …

Here's What's In Texas Republicans' New Voting Law
3 years, 6 months ago

Here's What's In Texas Republicans' New Voting Law

NPR  

Here's What's In Texas Republicans' New Voting Law Enlarge this image toggle caption Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images Sweeping new voting restrictions are now law in Texas — a state that already had some of the most restrictive election rules in the country. Sponsor Message The new law is part of a nationwide push by state-level Republicans to enact …

Texas GOP renews push for new voting laws, unfinished agenda
3 years, 6 months ago

Texas GOP renews push for new voting laws, unfinished agenda

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans on Thursday brought back efforts to ban 24-hour polling places and drive-thru voting as Gov. Similar to the GOP’s the sweeping bill blocked in May, the revived version would also empower partisan poll watchers and ban drop boxes for mail-in ballots, making it what would be one of the most comprehensive reworking of a state’s …

Democrats sue Texas governor over vetoing pay after walkout
3 years, 6 months ago

Democrats sue Texas governor over vetoing pay after walkout

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democratic lawmakers who blocked one of America’s most restrictive voting measures with a dramatic walkout sued Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday, after he vetoed funds that cover thousands of Capitol paychecks that he said shouldn’t be given “to those who quit their job early.” The lawsuit reflects the tensions that remain in Texas more than …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Calls Special Session After Democrats Block Bill Restricting Voting Rights
3 years, 6 months ago

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Calls Special Session After Democrats Block Bill Restricting Voting Rights

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session of the state’s legislature to begin next month, a step that will likely inflame debate over a restrictive voting rights bill that floundered in May after Democrats staged a last-minute walkout to block the legislation. Abbott’s office didn’t immediately announce what items would be on the special session’s agenda …

Dems walk, stop Texas GOP’s sweeping voting restrictions
3 years, 7 months ago

Dems walk, stop Texas GOP’s sweeping voting restrictions

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democrats pulled off a dramatic, last-ditch walkout in the state House of Representatives on Sunday night to block passage of one of the most restrictive voting bills in the U.S., leaving Republicans with no choice but to abandon a midnight deadline and declare the legislative session essentially over. The revolt is one of Democrats’ biggest protests …

Texas Governor Vows Action After Democrats Walk Out Over Voting Bill
3 years, 7 months ago

Texas Governor Vows Action After Democrats Walk Out Over Voting Bill

NPR  

Texas Governor Vows Action After Democrats Walk Out Over Voting Bill STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Texas is not finished debating its voting laws. But I think it's our job to make sure that doesn't blossom into a problem that disturbs the underlying and one of the underpinnings of our democracy, and that is confidence in our elections. So it's a real …

‘Leave the building': Texas walkout escalates voting battles
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Leave the building': Texas walkout escalates voting battles

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Midnight was coming fast. Left without enough House members to conduct business under the rules before a midnight deadline Sunday, Texas Republicans were forced to abandon for now an elections overhaul they had crammed with previously unseen restrictions during closed-door negotiations, including one prohibiting Sunday morning early voting — a time widely used by Black churchgoers in …

Texas: Democrat walkout blocks passage of voting restriction law
3 years, 7 months ago

Texas: Democrat walkout blocks passage of voting restriction law

Al Jazeera  

Critics say the law, like many recently passed across the US, would make it more difficult for some people to vote. The legislation is the most recent attempt in state legislatures across the US to pass voting restrictions, which many Republican legislators have argued are needed to increase security at the polls. Meanwhile, the state’s Republican governor, Greg Abbott, who …

Texas Democrats Walk Out To Block Voting Restrictions; Governor Threatens No Pay
3 years, 7 months ago

Texas Democrats Walk Out To Block Voting Restrictions; Governor Threatens No Pay

NPR  

Texas Democrats Walk Out To Block Voting Restrictions; Governor Threatens No Pay Enlarge this image toggle caption Acacia Coronado/AP Acacia Coronado/AP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he intends to withhold paychecks to state lawmakers after House Democrats staged a walkout to block voting restrictions proposed by their Republican counterparts. Sponsor Message Voting rights advocates say those and other provisions of …

Democrats In Texas Stage Walkout To Block Restrictive Voting Bill
3 years, 7 months ago

Democrats In Texas Stage Walkout To Block Restrictive Voting Bill

NPR  

Democrats In Texas Stage Walkout To Block Restrictive Voting Bill Republican lawmakers in Texas had to give up on a voting bill after Democrats walked out before a final vote. NOEL KING, HOST: Democrats in the Texas Statehouse walked off the floor late last night, effectively blocking a Republican- ASHLEY LOPEZ, BYLINE: Good morning. James Slattery, an attorney with the …

Texas voting bill: Democrats leave House floor, effectively blocking passage of restrictive voting bill for now
3 years, 7 months ago

Texas voting bill: Democrats leave House floor, effectively blocking passage of restrictive voting bill for now

CNN  

Austin, Texas CNN — Texas Republicans’ push to enact a slew of new voting restrictions was stymied – at least for now – by Democrats who walked off the state House floor late Sunday night, leaving majority Republicans without the quorum they needed to approve the bill in the final hours before a midnight deadline. “We may have won the …

Texas GOP’s strict voting bill on the verge of final vote
3 years, 7 months ago

Texas GOP’s strict voting bill on the verge of final vote

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Legislature was on the verge Sunday of signing off on some of the most restrictive voting measures in the U.S., putting the GOP on the brink of a major victory in their nationwide effort to tighten voting access following the 2020 election. Texas is the last big battleground in the GOP’s nationwide efforts to tighten …

EXPLAINER: How Texas Republicans aim to make voting harder
3 years, 7 months ago

EXPLAINER: How Texas Republicans aim to make voting harder

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas took a major step Sunday toward becoming the nation’s largest state where the GOP is making voting harder following the 2020 elections, with the Senate approving a bill that would empower poll watchers, create criminal penalties and add new restrictions on where, when and how to vote. Here are some details: WHAT THE LEGISLATION MEANS FOR …

Dramatic Democratic walkout kills Texas’ sweeping voting-restrictions bill, for now
3 years, 7 months ago

Dramatic Democratic walkout kills Texas’ sweeping voting-restrictions bill, for now

LA Times  

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan talks to fellow Republican members of the chamber before the start of the debate of Senate Bill 7 on Sunday. Texas Democrats pulled off a dramatic last-ditch walkout from the state House of Representatives on Sunday night to block passage of one of the most restrictive voting bills in the U.S., leaving Republicans with no …

Texas moves closer to passing restrictive voting legislation
3 years, 7 months ago

Texas moves closer to passing restrictive voting legislation

Al Jazeera  

US civil rights group says legislation will make it ‘harder and scarier to vote’, especially for people of colour. The US state of Texas has moved closer to passing a contentious bill on voting restrictions that United States President Joe Biden earlier denounced as “part of an assault on democracy” that would disproportionately harm Black people and other people of …

Biden slams Texas proposed voting curbs as ‘assault on democracy’
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden slams Texas proposed voting curbs as ‘assault on democracy’

Al Jazeera  

Texas legislators are expected to vote on bill restricting voting access, the latest of several similar measures in US. United States President Joe Biden has denounced a proposed bill in the state of Texas that would restrict voting rights, saying the measure “is part of an assault on democracy” and would disproportionately harm people of colour. In a statement on …

Texas GOP puts final touches on sweeping voting restrictions
3 years, 7 months ago

Texas GOP puts final touches on sweeping voting restrictions

LA Times  

Opponents of the Texas bill restricting voting demonstrate outside the House chamber at the state Capitol in Austin on May 6. Texas Republicans dug in Saturday for a final weekend vote on some of the most restrictive new voting laws in the U.S., putting the last touches on a sweeping bill that would eliminate drive-through voting, empower partisan poll watchers …

EXPLAINER: What’s the status of voting legislation in Texas?
3 years, 7 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s the status of voting legislation in Texas?

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is on course to become the nation’s largest state to tighten restrictions on voting, with GOP legislation just a few steps away from the Republican governor’s desk. Like GOP lawmakers in Florida to Georgia, Republicans in Texas have used former President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of election fraud to justify new rules in the name of …

Texas House Passes Voter Suppression Bill After All-Night Debate
3 years, 8 months ago

Texas House Passes Voter Suppression Bill After All-Night Debate

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Legislators in the Texas state House were up until 3 a.m. sparring over a Republican-backed voting restriction bill before ultimately moving it forward with some Democratic amendments early Friday morning. Key provisions of this bill will almost certainly be overturned by the courts,” Texas House Democratic Caucus Chairman Chris Turner said during the late-night debate, emphasizing that …

After All-Night Session, Texas House Approves GOP-Backed Voting Restrictions Bill
3 years, 8 months ago

After All-Night Session, Texas House Approves GOP-Backed Voting Restrictions Bill

NPR  

After All-Night Session, Texas House Approves GOP-Backed Voting Restrictions Bill Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP Texas legislators approved new, more restrictive state election rules after a session that lasted from Thursday night into the early hours of Friday. But the version the House passed early Friday also stripped out some of the more contentious provisions seen …

Despite business warnings, GOP moves ahead with voting bills
3 years, 8 months ago

Despite business warnings, GOP moves ahead with voting bills

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican lawmakers around the country are pressing ahead with efforts to tighten voting laws, despite growing warnings from business leaders that the measures could harm democracy and the economic climate. More than 50 companies and business organizations, including some in Texas, released an open letter on Tuesday expressing opposition to “any changes” that would make it harder …

Texas Voting Groups Pressure Corporations To Oppose GOP Voter Suppression Push
3 years, 9 months ago

Texas Voting Groups Pressure Corporations To Oppose GOP Voter Suppression Push

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Texas political leaders and voting rights groups on Tuesday called on corporations based in the state to stop making campaign contributions to Republican lawmakers, as part of a broader effort to thwart the GOP state legislature’s attempts to pass a radical new round of voting restrictions. In a Tuesday conference call with reporters organized by the Texas …

Court reinstates Texas limit on ballot drop-off locations
4 years, 2 months ago

Court reinstates Texas limit on ballot drop-off locations

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court has reinstated a limit on the number of mail-in ballot drop-off locations in Texas, although Gov. “Leaving the Governor’s October 1 Proclamation in place still gives Texas absentee voters many ways to cast their ballots in the November 3 election,” Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan wrote in the opinion. The October 1 Proclamation abridges …

Texas Governor Limits Ballot Drop-Off Locations, Local Officials Vow To Fight Back
4 years, 3 months ago

Texas Governor Limits Ballot Drop-Off Locations, Local Officials Vow To Fight Back

NPR  

Texas Governor Limits Ballot Drop-Off Locations, Local Officials Vow To Fight Back Enlarge this image toggle caption Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images Local officials in Texas say they plan to fight a new order from Gov. Starting Friday, Abbott said in a statement, "mail ballots that are delivered in person by voters who are eligible …

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