wrong to steal somebody s money. you know that in the first grade. but they re saying if you send mail-in ballots or mail-in ballot applications out, then you can go to jail. all right. i ll have to leave it there. but you ve been very informative. thank you, texas state representative, soon to be whatever, jasmine crockett. thank you for being with us. coming up on politicsnation, tennessee lawmakers are using the state s school system as a playground for their cultural wars. and the only casualties are the students. plus, a new book details what really went down during the final days of trump s presidency and uncovers a big problem for the former guy if he ever wants to return to the white house. but first, my colleague richard lui with today s top news stories. richard? rev, very good saturday to you. some of the stories we re watching for you this hour. los angeles county will reinstate an indoor mask mandate
vote. neil: i m sorry, i jumped in. i want to get to the core arguments and i want to be fair to you. okay. neil: the idea of mailing unrequested applications in the future will be blocked. i don t know what the procedure is now, but they fear that what this is a signal is that you don t want to send it out to democratic constituencies ap you don t want them to vote. so what is the status of unrequested applications to vote? to suggest that that is partisan is crazy. most of our early voters tend to be older voters who tend to be republicans, that s a silly projection. in texas we want voters to vote in person, a private place in the booth. early voting is available, 65 or older out of the county or if you have a disability. that s not changing what this bill says, the county elections office doesn t send unsolicited mailed ballot applications to
free to go wherever they want to go to see and hear everything happening with the ballots. and if there s trouble, the courts are to be ready for swift rulings. the bill s backers want livestreamed video coming out of many places where ballots are handled along with monthly reviews of texans using the voter registration database to cast out anyone who might not qualify to vote. and mail-in ballots get special attention too. election officials would be forbidden from just sending mail-in ballot applications to encourage people to vote. the applications must be requested, and even then there are new i.d. requirements. texas republicans say all of this is a formula for a secure election. all democrats say the elections are secure. this is an attack on democratic strongholds aimed at casting a chill on cities and minority communities which might just flip this state from red to blue. don? very informative.
rights. observers say they need to be free to go wherever they want to go to see and hear everything happening with the ballots and if there s trouble, the courts are to be ready for swift rulings. the bill s backers want live streamed video coming out of many places where ballots are handled along with monthly reviews of texans using the voter registration database to cast out anyone who might not qualify to vote. and mail-in ballots get special attention too. election officials would be forbidden from just sending mail-in ballot applications to encourage people to vote. the applications must be requested and even then there are new i.d. requirements. texas republicans say all of this is a formula for a secure election, while democrats say the elections are secure, this is an attack on democratic strongholds aimed at casting a chill on cities and minority communities which might just flip this state from red to
the state ris criminalize distribution of unsolicited mail-in ballot applications. you know what s at stake for people of color do you think the lawmakers will keep these bills from passing? i have been talking to the texas democratic delegation every day, during the day, in the evening, i am so impressed by their resolve. their resolve is to stay until we can find a light at end of the tunnel. that light is for united states congress to act. it will is no divide. no rule. no light between the need of the various state ledge slas y legislatures to be republic repres let me just make one point.