Texas is enacting a terrible voting law that will suppress voting and make it easier to overturn an election.
Fact check: Here are 20 things Texas Republicans' elections bill would do https://t.co/0K0YTkTFBJ
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 2, 2021
Note to media reporting on the new Texas election contest provisions. It does 2 things:
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) May 30, 2021
The election challenger is no longer required to show that fraudulent votes resulted in a win.
-AND-
It lowers the burden of proof to overturn an election.
They are BOTH new and important.
The Texas Senate passed #SB7 at 6:09am, after an all night debate about a bill that says Texans can’t vote at night. The Texas House calendar makes #SB7 eligible for a vote at 450pm CST. After that it goes to the Governor for his signature.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) May 30, 2021
The Texas House of Representatives will take up a bill on Sunday that proposes what would be among the most far-reaching laws in Republicans’ nationwide drive to overhaul elections systems and limit voting. https://t.co/gzcx3FMmLo pic.twitter.com/S1bDV1Ci2E
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 30, 2021
texas republicans don’t want texans to vote, but if they do vote — and vote against texas republicans — they want to be able to say it doesn’t count https://t.co/H7Sj0q4oYH
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) May 30, 2021
.@JoeBiden called Texas Senate Bill 7 part of an assault on democracy, and he’s right: this is Jim Crow 2.0. Call your Republican senators and tell them to pass the For the People Act. If you live in Texas, call your state Representative and Senator to tell them you oppose #SB7. pic.twitter.com/cp2BewA9Ex
— Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@harrisonjaime) May 30, 2021
Thank you, @JoeBiden, for speaking out against Texas Republicans’ assault on our democracy.
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) May 29, 2021
SB7 weaponizes our election law to keep people out. We must defeat it. https://t.co/6LBkjn7rRn
How GOP voter suppression works in Texas:
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) May 29, 2021
-you can vote with gun permit but not student ID
-no online voter registration
-must be deputized to register voters
-voters under 65 can’t use fear of covid to vote by mail
-750 polling places closed since SCOTUS gutted VRA
Sad! 