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NEW: Gov. Abbott signed #HB2127 into law, which allows the state to override voters and seize control of important local government decisions — like protecting workers and renters from abuse.

The same politicians working to suppress our vote are now trying to subvert it.
City and county governments will no longer be able to pass or enforce policies that deal with:

• worker safety
• renter protections
• police accountability
• environmental protections
• a lot
Instead of taking power away from our communities, state politicians should want local leaders to have the power to represent us.

No exceptions.

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May 31, 2021
NOW: The Texas House just started debate on voter suppression bill #SB7. Lawmakers are manipulating the democratic process to pass laws attacking the democratic process itself.

We’ve fought this every step of the way with our partners & #txlege champions. We won’t stop now.
In the last moments of this session, the Texas House pulled yet another procedural trick to force a vote on extreme legislation that will make it harder and scarier to vote — especially for voters of color and voters with disabilities.

washingtonpost.com/politics/texas…
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May 29, 2021
JUST IN: Texas lawmakers released the final version of voter suppression bill #SB7 under the cover of night on a holiday weekend. The bill will make it much harder and scarier to vote — in a state that’s already the most difficult place to vote in the country.

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Voter suppression bill #SB7 will make voting by mail more difficult and daunting due to new eligibility and documentation requirements.
Voter suppression bill #SB7 will restrict polling hours and eliminate drive-through and 24-hour voting, which were disproportionately used by voters of color and voters with disabilities in the 2020 election.
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Jul 23, 2020
The presence of Border Patrol agents, and its parent agency CBP, on the streets in major U.S. cities is disturbing. Border communities have long been terrorized by this agency — which acts first and never has to answer for it later. THREAD:
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Mar 20, 2020
BREAKING: A court of appeals has unfortunately upheld a 5-year sentence for our client Crystal Mason, a Black mother of three who submitted a provisional ballot in 2016 that was not even counted.
We are incredibly disappointed by the court of appeals’ decision and believe that Crystal did not break the law..

We will be pursuing all options in Crystal’s case and won’t stop until she receives justice.
No one should be sentenced for submitting a provisional ballot where it is, at worst, ambiguous about whether they are eligible to vote.

We will continue fighting on behalf of Crystal, voters, and the integrity of the electoral system in Texas.
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