One well covered irony of the TX elections legislation (SB7) is that supporters cite a need to improve election security when these bills, of course, stem from the Big Lie. Another irony is that SB7's proposed changes would probably make it harder to secure future TX elections.🧵
https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1399775786035552259
1/One reason #election2020 was secure was because many voters had more ways to vote and a longer period of time to do so than in previous elections.
2/When voters have more voting options, election officials often find themselves serving smaller groups of voters and ballots at once than in previous elections. I know this firsthand from my experiences as a former state and local election official.
3/And if a technological problem arises, whether its a technical glitch or something potentially more nefarious, smaller crowds make it easier to diagnose and solve the problem and get voters voting again. brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…
4/Reducing voting opportunities, whether its banning drive-through voting, 24 hr. voting, or Sun. morning voting, makes it more likely that more voters will vote on Election Day. That could make it harder for poll workers to deal w/inevitable technical problems or cyberattacks.
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