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May 20 • 9 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
🚨Bill Watch: The Texas House is considering three anti-democratic bills today that allow the state to leave a voter data organization, target Harris County and permit the state to take over local election administration.

Here's why the bills are dangerous.⤵️🧵
#SB1070 allows Texas to leave ERIC, a cross-state data organization that helps states keep updated voter rolls. 7 states have left the group this year due to right-wing conspiracy theories, and the more states that leave, the less effective the group is. democracydocket.com/analysis/what-…
#SB1750 would eliminate the position of county election administrator ONLY in Harris County. The bill would get rid of the consolidated election office and return election oversight to two offices: the county clerk and tax assessor.
The bill applies to counties with populations of over 3.5 million and only Harris County, home to Houston, fits that criteria. SB 1750 is a direct attack on Harris' local election control. houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst…
The third bill, #SB1933, allows the governor-appointed secretary of state to take over local election administration from counties. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/te…
As @TXCivilRights explains, the bar for state takeover is very low under. If the secretary has "good cause" that there are recurring issues in a county, the state can remove officials & oversee county election administration with no ability for counties to challenge the decision.
Many of these bills take aim at Harris County, Texas' biggest county and a Democratic stronghold. It's part of a growing trend where Republican-led states are passing legislation targeting their blue cities. We explain on the Defending Democracy podcast.⤵️
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/def…
Watch this space for updates on these bills.

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📺Watch the hearing here.⤵️
Get a breakdown of the law, what the lawsuits are arguing and what this challenge means for our democracy.
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