1/ Overnight news: Texas House Democrats walked off the floor Sunday night, breaking quorum in a last-ditch attempt to block a sweeping voting restrictions bill. #TXlege bit.ly/3g1IsAN
2/ Midnight was the deadline for the Texas House to approve the legislation that would alter nearly the entire voting process, create new limitations to early voting hours, ratchet up voting-by-mail restrictions and curb local voting options. #TXlege bit.ly/3g1IsAN
3/ But on Sunday night, with an hour left for the Texas Legislature to give final approval to the bill, Democrats staged a walkout, preventing a vote on the legislation before a fatal deadline. #TXlege bit.ly/3g1IsAN
4/ “Leave the chamber discreetly. Do not go to the gallery. Leave the building,” Grand Prairie state Rep. Chris Turner, the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, said in a text message to other Democrats obtained by The Texas Tribune. #TXlege bit.ly/3g1IsAN
5/ Democrats gathered at a Baptist church about 2 miles away from the Texas Capitol.
The location appeared to be a nod at a last-minute addition to SB7 that set a new restriction on early voting on Sundays, limiting voting from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. #TXlege bit.ly/3g1IsAN
The location appeared to be a nod at a last-minute addition to SB7 that set a new restriction on early voting on Sundays, limiting voting from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. #TXlege bit.ly/3g1IsAN
6/6 But while Democrats were able to defeat the legislation Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott quickly made clear he expected lawmakers to pass the legislation during a special session. #TXlege bit.ly/3g1IsAN
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