The TX voter suppression bill became law on December 2, 2021. How will your 2022 voting experience look different because of it? Let's do a thread. 🧵
Think of voting in Texas as a board game. The rules are that you have to draw a bunch of challenge cards at every single space, and if you make it to the end, you get to have a say in your democracy. SB1 was an expansion pack, featuring a bunch of new challenge cards. Let's play!
Aug 7, 2021 • 20 tweets • 6 min read
Okay, as we prepare to embark upon a new special session (sigh), I wanna rant about two of my frustrations that came up in the last one. I call them the Zero Fallacy and the Jesus Monopoly.
On July 10, there was a 14-hour Senate hearing on SB 1, the voter suppression bill. I testified in hour 12, but I watched the whole thing.
Jul 23, 2021 • 23 tweets • 8 min read
The thing about this graphic is that it's SUPER misleading. Let's fill it in, but make it fun with: Marvel Heroes Who'd Lose The Right to Vote Under HB3, a thread.
Half-truth: HB3 adds voting time.
Whole truth: HB3 restricts early voting time to between 6AM to 10PM. Counties MAY expand time, but only as early as 6 or as late as 10. 14 hours is less than 24.
Apr 8, 2021 • 27 tweets • 9 min read
Okay, both Dade Phelan and Dan Patrick invited us to point to places in #HB6/#SB7 where there is voter suppression.
So here's a thread of me doing that in SB7.
First, the restriction on 24-hour voting:
Second, the vote-by-mail gag rule:
