bans drive-thru and 24-hour voting favored in houston and creates new hurdles for mail-in voters. the texas legislation also makes it a crime for election workers to interfere with partisan poll watchers. we re at a tipping point as a nation and our democracy is at stake. reporter: democratic legislators like carl sherman fled the state trying to prevent a vote on the the bill. the standoff ended after 38 days. it matters because we ve got a long history of cherry picking who could vote and who cannot vote. reporter: if all of these election laws being surfaced in republican-led states seem like a coordinated effort, that is because it is. we have honed in on these eight specific focused states. reporter: a former trump administration who now heads up the conservative heritage action for america said that the group had made recommendations to several states which ended up in
to interfere with partisan poll watchers. we re at a tipping point as a nation and our democracy is at stake. reporter: democratic legislators like carl sherman fled the state trying to prevent a vote on the bill and the standoff ended after 38 days. it matters because i have a long history of cherry picking who can vote and who cannot vote. reporter: if all these election laws being surfaced in republican led states seem like a coordinated effort, that s because it is. we have honed in on these eight specific focused states. reporter: a former trump administration official who now heads up the conservative heritage action for america said the group had made recommendations to several states, which ended up in election related bills. from there, as we create this echo chamber, we re working with the state legislators to make sure they have all of the information they need to draft the bills. in some cases we draft them for
days. it matters because we ve got a long history of cherry picking who can vote and who cannot vote. reporter: if all these election laws being surfaced in republican-led states seem like a coordinated effort, that s because it is. we have honed in on these eight specific focus states. reporter: a former-trump administration official who now heads up the conservative heritage action for america said the group had made recommendations to several states which ended up in election-related bills. from there, as we create this eco chamber, we are working with these state legislators to make sure they have all of the information they need to draft the bills. in some cases, we actually draft them for them. or we have a sentinel on our behalf give them the model legislation so it has that grassroots, you know, from the bottom-up type of vibe. reporter: donald trump s big lie and his party s willingness to go along with the facade is now the biggest threat to free and fair election
in texas, which trump won, republican legislatures passed a law that bans drive through and 24-hour voting favored in heavily minority houston and creates new hurdles for mail-in voters. the texas legislation also makes it a crime for election workers to interfere with partisan poll watchers. we re at a tipping point as a nation in our democracy is at stake. democratic legislatures fled the state trying to prevent a vote on the bill. the stand-off ended after 38 days. it matters because we ve got a long history of cherry picking who can vote and who cannot vote. if all these election laws being surfaced in republican-led states seem like a coordinated effort, that s because it is. we have honed in on these eight specific focus states. a former trump administration official who now heads up the conservative heritage action for
the texas legislation also makes it a crime for election workers to interfere with partisan poll watchers. we re at a tipping point as a nation and our democracy is at stake. reporter: democratic legislators like carl sherman fled the state trying to prevent a vote on the bill. the standoff ended after 38 days. it matters because we have a long history cherry picking who can vote and who cannot vote. reporter: if all these election laws being surfaced in republican-led states seemed like a coordinated effort, that s because it is. we have honed in on these eight specific focused states. reporter: a former trump administration official who now heads up the conservative heritage action for america said the group had made recommendations to several states, which ended up in election related bills. from there, as we create this echo chamber, we re working with the state legislators to make sure they have all the information they need to draft