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What happens next to voting rights in Texas?
During this year’s legislative session, Senate Bill 7 was introduced as the Republicans priority voting legislation. The bill included provisions limiting early voting hours, increasing vote-by-mail restrictions and curbing local voting options like drive-thru voting.
Join The Texas Tribune at noon on Tuesday, June 29, for a conversation with state Reps. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, and Jessica González, D-Dallas, regarding the future of Texans’ voting rights. The Tribune’s Alexa Ura will moderate. This conversation will be available to stream on demand shortly after it airs.
Collier has represented House District 95 since 2013. She serves as chair of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. She also sits on the House Public Health Committee and serves as chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus. Collier is a partner at West & Associates law firm in Fort Worth.
Exchange Over âPurityâ of Vote Puts Texas G.O.P. Firebrand in Spotlight
Briscoe Cain stumbled through questions about âpurity of the ballot boxâ language in Texasâ voting bill, acknowledging he was unaware that it evoked Jim Crow policies of the past. He is the billâs sponsor.
Briscoe Cain, a Republican state legislator from Houston, drew widespread attention for an exchange over the phrase âpurity of the ballot boxâ in a bill restricting voting access.Credit.Eric Gay/Associated Press
May 12, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas â It was an awkward few minutes for Briscoe Cain, the conservative provocateur and handpicked Republican chair of the State House Elections Committee, as he fumbled through his defense last week of the restrictive new voting bill his party is moving through the Texas Legislature.
Critics allege bail reform bills would punish the poor By Eric Griffey Fort Worth PUBLISHED 5:40 PM CT May. 10, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:40 PM CDT May. 10, 2021
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FORT WORTH, Texas Abdul Chappell has served more than 20 years behind bars for various offenses since he was a teenager.
Decades ago, he started the local arm of the violent street gang, The Crips. These days, he runs a nonprofit, Build a Better Hood, in which he uses his street-level connections to rescue victims of human trafficking and teach at-risk youth job skills.
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Before the legislative session began, Gov. Greg Abbott made bail reform a priority item
By Nik Rajkovic
May 6, 2021
The Texas House gave final approval this week to a bill that makes it harder for defendants with a history of criminal violence to gain bond.
Crime Stoppers Andy Kahan welcomed the news. He has been tracking the number of murders committed by felons released on bond in Harris County.
“I ve got 116 people who have been killed, murdered by defendants released on multiple felony bonds, felony PR bond and/or bond forfeiture,” he says. “Of the 116, 60 were in 2020 and so far we ve got 20 in 2021.”
Critics argue HB 20 reverses a federal court settlement on bond reform, possibly exposing the state to litigation.