texas democrats managed to delay this moment for six weeks, but tonight the texas house of representatives is debating a republican bill to restrict voting rights in texas after enough democrats returned to establish a quorum. the bill would ban drive-through voting, ban overnight voting, restrict vote by mail, add new requirements to people who assist voters, impose criminal penalties on workers and give more power to partisan poll watchers, among other things. any action by the texas legislature could in effect be overruled by congress with the passage of the for the people act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. on saturday thousands are expected to march on the national mall in washington for the anniversary of dr. martin