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"When SB1 becomes law, we will breathe a sigh of relief that Texas elections — where voter fraud makes up a menacing .000185 percent of votes cast — will finally be deemed safe for the purposes of Republican campaign speeches"

#Texas #VoterSuppression
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"While five states conduct entire elections by mail, a county official in Texas who so much as mails residents applications to vote by mail, with instructions on determining whether they’re eligible, can now be charged with a state jail felony."

#Texas
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"Partisan poll watchers, with a history of harassing ... people of color, will have “free movement” within a polling place, although they must stop short of accompanying us into the voting booth. If they feel a poll worker has blocked their view, they can pursue criminal charges"

"People with felony records who make an honest mistake of voting before their right to cast a ballot is restored under Texas law can still be prosecuted for fraud.

A bill by House Republicans to clarify that such mistakes aren’t actually fraud was stripped at the last-minute"

"People who help the elderly or disabled at the polls must, under threat of criminal penalty, fill out paperwork describing their relationship to the person. They must, under penalty of perjury, swear to limit their assistance ..."

"Texas will conduct monthly citizenship checks to make sure non-citizens aren’t trying to vote."

[What? How? Will everyone be required to "Show us your papers" when out in public?]

"Texas is still one of only around 10 states that doesn’t allow voters to register online."

"Texas still requires an “excuse” to vote by mail, even though nearly three dozen states do not."

"While more than 20 states allow voters to register the same day as they vote, Texas is still among those that cut off registration the earliest: 30 days before Election Day."

[But you can buy a gun with no wait period.]
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"Texas is still a state where voting is a threat to be managed, not a right to protect."

"Texas is a state where it’s easier to buy a gun than to vote."

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