Posted on Aug 27, 2021
After A Bitter Fight, The Texas House Passes A Restrictive Voting Bill
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Months of partisan battles in Texas concluded late Thursday as Republican House members passed new voting restrictions, moving the legislation closer to the governor's desk.
The vote in the Texas House on the nearly 50-page bill, SB1, was 79-37 (mostly on party lines) and follows historic efforts by Democrats to block it.
In late May, House Democrats staged a dramatic, 11th-hour walkout to stop a vote before the legislative session's conclusion. GOP Gov. Greg Abbott then called a special session, but dozens of Democrats fled the state, infuriating Republicans and denying them a quorum to conduct business at the state Capitol. The standoff lasted 38 days, until enough Democrats returned to Austin last week, enabling GOP lawmakers to move ahead on their bill.
Months of partisan battles in Texas concluded late Thursday as Republican House members passed new voting restrictions, moving the legislation closer to the governor's desk.
The vote in the Texas House on the nearly 50-page bill, SB1, was 79-37 (mostly on party lines) and follows historic efforts by Democrats to block it.
In late May, House Democrats staged a dramatic, 11th-hour walkout to stop a vote before the legislative session's conclusion. GOP Gov. Greg Abbott then called a special session, but dozens of Democrats fled the state, infuriating Republicans and denying them a quorum to conduct business at the state Capitol. The standoff lasted 38 days, until enough Democrats returned to Austin last week, enabling GOP lawmakers to move ahead on their bill.
After A Bitter Fight, The Texas House Passes A Restrictive Voting Bill
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Hahaha, head line should read Texas passes bill that makes voter fraud harder and helps guarantee one person one vote!
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SFC Michael Krogmann
Exactly. The only reason Democrats don't want voter ID laws is that it will make it harder for them to cheat
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Fascism runs strong in Texas. I still laugh how a friend of mine told me that it is not uncommon for a couple of Texans to shoot each other over bread in a shortage down there.
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If republicans thought they had popular support, they wouldn't keep trying to make it so hard.
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