Latino voters in Texas have increased, including more votes for GOP candidates, as Republicans' proposed voting restrictions will dampen participation, analysts warn.
Among the 100 or so people taking part on Day 1 of a Texas voting rights march styled after the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights marches in Alabama was an 80-year-old Tejano music superstar better known by his stage name, Little Joe.
“You know Texas is about the most racist state in America, and it’s just getting worse,” Hernández, a multiple Grammy Award winner, said after he finished the first leg of the four-day march in Georgetown, Texas. “Racist Republicans just don’t want to let go of the master mentality of the slavery thing."
The clash over the Texas GOP’s latest proposed voting changes extended from Austin to Washington after Democrats, in the minority in the state Legislature,They've been arguing their case from the nation's capital under threat of arrest when they return to Texas. The GOP-proposed voting bills include a ban on drive-thru voting and additional requirements to existing voter ID law. They would prohibit local officials from sending out mail-in ballot applications and require the Texas secretary of state to check voting lists monthly for noncitizens.
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