House Elections Committee's hearing just broke down amid @BriscoeCain's refusal to allow @NicoleCollier95 (who is not on the committee) to ask questions on House Bill 6, even when @jessicafortexas was presiding over the committee & trying to recognize Collier for Qs #txlege
Collier is chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus. There are no Black members on the elections committee. The caucus and @MALCTx previously asked to be able to participate in the hearing — something I've seen happen in the elections committee in previous #txlege sessions
Because HB6 is Cain's bill, González was presiding as vice chair. But when she tried to recognize Collier, Cain attempted to both recess for lunch and move to witnesses w/o letting Collier ask questions. The committee ended up recessing abruptly.
House Bill 6 is one of the main elections bill in the chamber. It would, among several other things, prohibit counties from sending out applications for mail-in ballots to voters who do not request them or from even encouraging voters to fill them out #txlege
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