we ve all been following the abortion law s journey through the supreme court and back and the way texas republicans were able to basically scheme that one in such a way that it could avoid federal scrutiny in the courts. yeah, so i think there are a couple things about this law that make it particularly vulnerable. the first is texas can t claim, like some other states do, that it has expansive voting rights. it s one of the hardest states already to register to vote and to vote. so we re starting off of a baseline which is pretty restrictive to begin with.
the supreme court and back and the way texas republicans were able to basically scheme that one in such a way that it could avoid federal scrutiny in the courts. yeah, so i think there are a couple things about this law that make it particularly vulnerable. the first is texas can t claim, like some other states do, that it has expansive voting rights. it s one of the hardest states already to register to vote and to vote. so we re starting off of a baseline which is pretty restrictive to begin with. number two, you have the state officials in texas saying that there was no evidence of fraud in their state. so there s no reason for the law. and the third, which is really one of the pieces of this law that makes it so dangerous and so different is the allowance and the incitement, almost, for partisan poll watchers to go to the polls and have free range in the watching up close how voters vote, and any time election officials try to rein them in,