Thread by @staceyabrams

TEXAS: Your voices are slowing the anti-voter omnibus bills HB 6 and SB 7, but we must not forget other bills with the same harmful provisions. One example: the TX House Elections Committee passed HB 4322, which would ban drive-thru voting. #txlege courthousenews.com/texas-gop-bill…

To make sure Texans' right to vote is protected, we must fight ALL of these anti-voter bills—like SB 1340, which would make the Secretary of State, not local officials, responsible for voter registration and holding hearings on challenges and registration cancellations. #txlege

HB 4364 grants poll watchers free movement throughout polling locations, increasing voter intimidation risks, and creates a class A misdemeanor for polling place officials who refuse to accept a poll watcher. #txlege

HB 4331 also criminalizes normal campaign activity, potentially including door-to-door campaigns or text banking, opening up volunteers and campaign workers to being charged with third-degree felonies. #txlege aclutx.org/en/news/over-d…

HB 611 further criminalizes voting by creating the offense of perjury in connection with providing voter assistance—putting people at risk of criminal charges for simple mistakes. #txlege

SB 1112 would prohibit election officials from suspending the signature verification requirement for mail ballots, and worse, it would make a violation of this prohibition a Class A misdemeanor. #txlege

SJR 51 proposes a constitutional amendment to ban state and local election officials from proactively sending a mail ballot application to a voter—something that puts arbitrary barriers in the way of providing voters with important resources. #txlege

And that’s not all—Texas has plenty of other anti-voter bills that don’t overlap with HB 6 or SB 7. One example: HB 530, which the House just passed, would allow election judges to carry handguns to most polling places. #txlege
dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

HB 1725 would prohibit voters from returning their mail ballots in person. If this bill passes and becomes law, you would ONLY have the option to return your ballot by mail. #txlege

HB 2320 would create a state jail felony for a person, other than the voter’s authorized witness/assistant, to pre-fill a vote-by-mail ballot application—yet another example of criminalizing simple mistakes. #txlege

With all of these bills, it is imperative that Texans continue to make your voices heard and oppose these dangerous attempts to attack voting access and criminalize voters. Take action now: StopJimCrow2.com/#texas #txlege