Following Glenn Youngkin’s victory for the governorship of Virginia, and the revelation that he had won voters of Latin origins, a wag online quipped that Youngkin had won the “Latino” vote, while his opponent Terry McAuliffe had won the “LatinX” vote.
It was probably not very funny to McAuliffe, but it contained an important political truth. The left wing of the Democratic Party has gotten out over its skis with its radical ideas and overall wokeness (of which the term “LatinX” is a prime example), and the voters known as Hispanics have begun to say, “Basta!”
âWhen you make making a mistake on a voter registration application a second degree felony, thatâs the equivalent of arson and aggravated kidnapping,â said Sarah Labowitz, policy and advocacy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas.
Conservative politicians have tried to justify the rollback by masquerading behind Donald Trumpâs claim that last yearâs presidential contest was stolen â despite a complete lack of evidence, and even though their party won handily in Texas.
Allegations of widespread voter fraud have almost become a âlitmus testâ among Texas Republicans, said Juan Carlos Huerta, a professor of political science at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi.
By PAUL J. WEBER
Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) â The ranks of big corporations now criticizing GOP efforts to restrict voting access spread Thursday to Texas as measures that would reduce options to cast ballots and limit polling hours advanced in the state Capitol.
American Airlines, which is based in Fort Worth, came out against restrictive voting measures that have a favorable path to reaching Republican Gov. Greg Abbott s desk in the coming weeks.
Public opposition from the airline came after a package of sweeping elections changes cleared the GOP-controlled Senate and, notably, a day after some of Georgiaâs most prominent corporate leaders came out publicly against a new election law after civil rights activists criticized their silence.
New GOP-led voting restrictions pick up speed in Texas
April 1, 2021 12:16 AM By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER
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Former Democratic congressman Beto O Rourke speaks against new proposed voting restrictions at the Texas Capitol on Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Austin, Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas Republicans were moving closer Thursday to advancing a slate of proposed new voting restrictions that would reduce options to cast ballots, limit polling hours and hand more power to partisan poll watchers.
All those efforts are rolled into a single bill set to clear the GOP-controlled state Senate a key marker in a campaign by Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott, to impose new restrictive measures over elections in America’s biggest red state.