Once again, the Texas GOP is pushing forward a bill that would suppress voting in the state, and once again, Democratic legislators in the state are planning to leave the state to stop it from passing.
The latest version of the voting bill created by Texas Republicans looks similar to the earlier one Democrats opposed, although without some of the extreme measures that would have limited Sunday voting and allowed elections officials to overturn a result if there are allegations of voter fraud.
By leaving the state, Democrats could face legal consequences. Republican leadership can order the Texas Department of Public Safety to find and arrest any absent lawmakers, but whether that authority extends outside the state is unclear, thereported. Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan has said that has not ruled out using some of his powers to compel the Democrats to return.
. “We have to decide if we are going to stand for democracy. We want the nation to join us and we want the U.S. Senate to hear us and act.”for the legislators on Monday. “I applaud them standing for the rights of all Americans and all Texans to express their voice through their vote, unencumbered,” Harris said. “I will say that they are leaders who are marching in the path that so many others before did when they fought and many died for our right to vote.
, in 2021 alone, 14 states have enacted 22 new laws restricting voting access, and as of the end of May, 61 additional voting bills with restrictive provisions were making their way through 18 state legislatures.
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