Texas Republicans' restrictive election bill gets final green light

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NEW: Texas lawmakers pass a restrictive elections bill, after a monthslong battle with Democrats who fled the legislature repeatedly to try and block the bill; it now heads to the desk of Gov. Abbott, who is expected to sign it into law.

Once enacted, the law will ban overnight and drive-thru early voting, both of which were popular in Houston's Harris County during last year’s pandemic. While lawmakersbill that would have limited Sunday morning early voting, the final version of the legislation increases the number of hours on Sunday that counties must offer from five to six hours.

Under the bill, partisan poll watchers and people helping voters cast a ballot will be subject to a raft of new rules and regulations governing their conduct. Partisan poll watchers will be trained and empowered to move more freely around the polling place and obstructing a watcher will become a criminal offense. Those helping voters will have to fill out paperwork disclosing their relationship and recite an oath for poll workers.

 

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Oh GREAT 🙄

What is restrictive about it?

FFS It's a VOTER SUPPRESSION BILL, pure and simple.

Hopefully it will cut down by the courts.

is 'restrictive' the new word for racist?

I strongly believe just like the 2020 election that this will only anger voters and backfire

All based on a lie.

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