like you said, more than 7 1/2 hours of debate on senate bill 7. the house will take it up sometime, according to the calendar, after 6:40 p.m. eastern time this evening and they have until midnight to vote on it, or it cannot become law. now, we talk about what is in this bill. there are, of course, those similarities to states that we ve seen. but texas has already started from a position of having extremely restrictive election laws to begin with. so this makes things even more restrictive by adding more regulations and more civil and criminal penalties to the process. like making it a crime to send un un solicited mail-in ballot applications. it also codifies the hours of early voting so it eliminates the ability to have 24 hours of early voting, or even late night early voting. no irony no irony lost there
will sign it into law. but democrats tell me they still may have a few tricks up their sleeves so don t count them out just yet. the state of texas has some of the most restrictive voting laws in the country. this adds new restrictions and requirements, adds civil and criminal penalties to the voting process. it makes it a crime to send an unsolicited mail-in ballot application. it prohibits overnight and sunday morning voting, which some argue will make it difficult for projects like souls to the polls. it also changes the id and signature match requirements for mail-in ballot applications, and it stops drive-through voting while expanding access for those partisan poll watchers. now, it also has language in it that lowers the burden of proof, making it easier for a judge to overturn an election. i can tell you that there was a senator last night who was speaking, and speaking very
and only 1% of its 90 million people have been vaccinated. texas could soon have some of the strictest voting regulations in the nation. lawmakers today unveiled a bill which would make it tougher to cast ballots and easier to overturn elections. kelly o donnell has details. reporter: a new message from president biden for the texas legislature weighing broader voting restrictions today. it s wrong and unamerican, writes the president, it s part of an assault on our democracy. today in austin, texas republicans moved a step closer to tightening election rules, including a ban on unsolicited ballot applications and lowering the legal standard for overturning an election outcome. is there objection? hearing none, the chair hears none. reporter: this push in texas follows georgia and florida as some republicans align themselves with donald trump s false claims that lax voting rules cost him re-election.
tenth to ninth globally as the ninth largest economy in the entire world. maria: that is terrific i know you re seeing a lot of people and businesses move to texas look at the income tax, no state income tax and that s one of the allures as president biden efforts raising taxes, pretty significantly for businesses and individuals, wages texas voting law stand you mentioned ceos had a lot of ceos blocking over the voting laws going on in other states, i want to get your take on what you re doing in texas and when you ll sign it, let s go through the election bill that passed the texas house on may 7 prohibiting unsolicited ballot applications by election officers, banning paid vote harvesting activity protects poll watchers to observe what is happening, when will you sign this bill? hasn t finally been passed, it should pass this coming week and i ll be signing immediately.
tenth to ninth globally as the ninth largest economy in the entire world. maria: that is terrific i know you re seeing a lot of people and businesses move to texas look at the income tax, no state income tax and that s one of the allures as president biden efforts raising taxes, pretty significantly for businesses and individuals, wages texas voting law stand you mentioned ceos had a lot of ceos blocking over the voting laws going on in other states, i want to get your take on what you re doing in texas and when you ll sign it, let s go through the election bill that passed the texas house on may 7 prohibiting unsolicited ballot applications by election officers, banning paid vote harvesting activity protects poll watchers to observe what is happening, when will you sign this bill? hasn t finally been passed, it should pass this coming week and i ll be signing immediately.