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.
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