what resources is put behind it? i think that focus on testing is useful because it gives a pointer as to how the policy will develop. this week there is a piloted project and some secondary schools which will be coming to an end where students do a lateralflow coming to an end where students do a lateral flow test every day if they are a contact of a positive case rather than staying at home. that will give ministers and and potentially an alternative to pursue when schools come back in in september. there is one thing you cannot dispute, which isjust september. there is one thing you cannot dispute, which is just the number of children who are being caught up in this. the latest numbers said that there were 170,000 pupils in england last week who were sent home because they were a contact of a positive case. that is a threefold increase of a few weeks before. it is driving parents, teachers and the teaching unions to distraction. ., teachers and the teaching unions to distraction. .
it s a 67 page document that does a lot. many of the items that are making headlines in past versions were still included like codifying these early voting hours that in some cases might expand early voting time in counties. but in large and diverse counties, it will likely cause them to lose early voting time. it will eliminate the ability to do 24 hour voting and drive through voting which is something that harris county piloted to help with the pandemic. they saw record turnout last year. there is also elements that empower partisan poll watchers and add criminal penalties if you obstruct that, but it does require them to take an oath saying that they will not disrupt voters or the voting process. now, look, there are criminal penalties that make it, for example, a crime to send unsolicited ballot applications.
cause them to lose early voting time. and it will eliminate completely the ability to do 24-hour vogue, and also drive-through voting, which is something harris county piloted during the 2020 election to help with the pandemic. they saw record turnout last year. there is also elements that empower partisan poll watchers, and add criminal penalties if you obstruct that, but it does require them to take an oath saying that they will not disrupt voters or the voting process. now, look, there are criminal penalties that make it, for example, a crime to send unsolicited ballot applications and that s something we have seen across the country. it also makes, again, those partisan poll workers empowered. this is something that president joe biden hit on saying it reminded him of other state legislation we re seeing that is restricting voting rights. he called the texas bill
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