Thread by @HalMarshall2309

Texas voters are mad as hell at trump and the Republicans, and they’re not taking it any more. We are more determined to vote than they are to stop us from voting. Every day brings a new GOP dirty trick, but voter turnout today was historically high.

“Early voting in Texas began Tuesday with crowds of excited voters waiting in line for several hours to cast their ballot in some places, even as new legal developments sowed confusion and threatened to restrict options for voting ahead of Election Day.

“As they have in other states, long lines formed outside voting locations as socially distanced voters sometimes turned up hours before early in-person voting began Tuesday morning. Many brought folding chairs, lunches and umbrellas to wait their turn.

“Meanwhile, a federal panel of judges overturned a lower-court ruling in Texas that had allowed counties across the state to offer multiple locations for voters to drop off their absentee ballots in person.

“And election officials contended with a new lawsuit from the Texas GOP seeking to block the Harris County clerk from allowing any registered voter to vote in person from their cars or at the curb — options that appeared popular Tuesday amid coronavirus concerns.”

washingtonpost.com/politics/appea…

How mad are we?

“More than 109,000 people voted in Harris County as of Tuesday evening, setting a new turnout record for a single day of early voting, according to the county clerk’s office.”

Beto always says Texas isn’t a red state, it’s a non-voting state. Let’s change that!

“Amos Miles, 64, said he has typically voted at the location and had rarely seen it so crowded. Miles said he didn’t mind the wait because he believed Abbott and other Republicans were trying to threaten voter access.

“‘This is an important election,’ Miles said. ‘If we don’t speak out, we’re going to get left out.’”