Texas Republicans renew effort to advance voting bill as Democrats regroup.
Texas state Rep. Senfronia Thompson speaks at a news conference outside the state Capitol in Austin on July 13.The Texas House could pass voting restrictions within days after Democrats' efforts to stave off the Republican-backed changes fell apart last week.
The bill's advancement is a blow to Democrats, who have spent months trying to delay or block passage of voting restrictions despite not having the votes to kill the legislation outright. The coordinated escape from Austin left Texas Republicans furious, creating wanted posters and threatening to have missing members arrested. When the first special legislative session called in part to pass the election bill expired, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott immediately called another.
Common Cause Texas is hosting what it calls a"honk! for voting rights" protest, encouraging cars to circle the Capitol on Monday morning, hoping for a noisy show of dissent with social distancing baked in.SB 1 is nearly identical to the legislation the Senate passed last month. If it is enacted, it would restrict mail-in voting, eliminate some early voting options, add criminal penalties for voting law violations and empower partisan poll watchers.
"We are disappointed that a few Democrats chose to return to the floor. We feel betrayed and heartbroken, but our resolve is strong and this fight is not over," dozens of Texas Democrats said in a joint statement."We know what we are dealing with; Republicans will lie about the number of legislators present at the Capitol to establish quorum, keep Texans in the dark, and bend the rules to get their way.
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