Thread by @LinaHidalgoTX

The Texas executive branch just vetoed lawmakers’ and legislative branch staff salaries because legislators haven’t passed the voter suppression bill. This pandering to the idea that there was massive voter fraud has gone so far it defies logic, constitutionality, and patriotism.

The bill that didn’t pass would have eliminated drive thru voting and 24-hr voting, made it easier to overturn elections, banned voting before 1pm on Sundays to harm Souls to the Polls efforts, and lent credence to the lie that massive voter fraud exists, weakening our democracy.

Legislative staff salaries will go unpaid if this is not reversed before Sept 1. There’s an extremely serious separation of powers issue when the executive branch is holding funding for the legislative branch over legislators’ heads in order to get what it wants.

The fact that voting access (democracy itself!) is what is being held hostage in this political move makes courage in the fight for voting rights more urgent than ever. Democracy should never be a partisan issue.

Important reporting on this Friday night attack on democracy, voting rights, and the separation of powers ⬇️

houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/…