Texas House and Senate Advance Restrictive GOP Voting Bill After Marathon Overnight Hearings
On 7/11/21 at 8:12 PM EDT
The Texas House and Senate advanced restrictive Republican voting bills that will make voting harder on Sunday after hundreds of Texans signed up to testify against the proposals this weekend.
Republicans pushed to advance new restrictions after overnight hearings this weekend in a state that already has some of the country's strictest rules on voting.
A Texas House committee voted Sunday morning to move forward a new election bill that would ban 24-hour polling locations, drive-thru voting and drop boxes, among other provisions. Texas state senators followed later in the day, voting to advance the bill to the floor for a major vote by the full chamber, expected this week.