Texas Democrats are in the national spotlight for fleeing their state to block the passage of proposed election reform laws. Here's a quick breakdown of what's actually in the two bills, House Bill 3 and Senate Bill 1, that Democrats walked out over: businessinsider.com/why-did-texas-…
Key points from both bills:
• New, defined hours for early voting (which also ban 24 hr voting)
• Bans drive-thru voting
• Expanded pollwatcher access
• ID # required on absentee ballots
• Allows voters to fix signature issues on absentee ballots businessinsider.com/why-did-texas-…
• New, defined hours for early voting (which also ban 24 hr voting)
• Bans drive-thru voting
• Expanded pollwatcher access
• ID # required on absentee ballots
• Allows voters to fix signature issues on absentee ballots businessinsider.com/why-did-texas-…
Democrats won some key concessions from the previous walkout over election bill SB 7: provisions limiting Sunday voting hrs & making it easier to overturn some elections are gone, and HB 3 includes absentee ballot curing and a provision addressing the prosecution of Crystal Mason
But despite Dems getting some things they wanted, many TX lawmakers argue that they're walking out both over the general principle of the GOP proposing voting limits and doing so after Gov. Abbott vetoed funding for the legislature. More on that here: texastribune.org/2021/06/18/gre…
(and just to clarify something on this list, the bill requires an ID # or last four digits of SSN on the envelope containing a voter's absentee ballot application, not the actual ballot itself, of course — that would defeat the purpose of a secret ballot!)
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