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Protecting and advancing democracy in the Lone Star State ✊🏼 #LetTexasVote
Mar 5 4 tweets 2 min read
Hey there! We're a voting rights organization and lead partner in the nonpartisan Election Protection Coalition.

The tweet below is a prime example of disinformation aimed to subvert faith in our elections.

Let's debunk it! While we do – if you haven't yet, go vote! 🧵⤵️ 1. The photo isn't of a "voting machine" it is what's called an "emergency drawer".

It is a locked, secure ballot receptacle to store & scan ballots ensuring they're included in the polling place's count at the end of the Day.

Here's how it works:
May 31, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
🚨TEXAS LEGE ALERT 🚨

Today, Gov. Greg Abbott announced his appointment of John Scott to be Texas’ interim Attorney General.

Texans deserve better than election denier, John Scott.

A thread ⤵️ Did you know...
Scott briefly represented Donald Trump’s legal effort to challenge the election results in Pennsylvania.
In TX, Scott supervised the widely criticized election audits provoked by election deniers & publicly applauded the debunked election denier film ‘2,000 Mules’
Apr 8, 2021 6 tweets 6 min read
Today we’re releasing an alarming video of a GOP “Election Integrity Brigade" virtual launch where they detail plans to build an army of poll watchers who will have the “courage” to go into Black and Brown neighborhoods

More: bit.ly/3cYIh8Q

#txlege #HB6 #SB7 What we see in this video is a concrete, real-world example of why it is a downright dangerous idea to expand poll watcher powers while removing the ability of election workers to kick a disruptive poll watcher out - which is precisely what #HB6 does

#txlege