2020. 56% of absentee voters in cobb, dekalb and gwinnett counties returned their ballots in drop boxes. until now, the number of voters who returned their absentee ballots in drop boxes rather than the mail wasn t known. the state s new voting law passed by the republican majority limits the availability of those boxes in all future elections. here s an explanation of why republicans said they wanted to limit the boxes. quote, while there s no indication of tampering with drop boxes in georgia, he said he was concerned that outdoor drop boxes were vulnerable to arson. there is no voter fraud problem that isn t addressed by the criminal codes fa federally and most states. what is sort of the engine behind all these republican
voters ahead of next year s mid terms. chris. chris: casey, thank you. joining us now, texas governor greg abbott. governor, welcome back to fox news sunday. my pleasure. thank you, chris. chris: let s start with the voting bill that casey was talking about. that became the big issue when democrats were successfully able to block it in a regular session. here is a democratic state legislator. take a look. we do not have a voter fraud problem in the state of texas. our secretary of state testified that elections in techs as were safe and secure, the 2020 election was safe and secure. chris: the texas attorney general s office spent 22,000 man hours looking for evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election and they apparently
texans to vote. already as a state, we rate consistently within the bottom ten states for voter turnout. we do not have a voter fraud problem in the state of texas. we have a voter turnout problem, so we should be making it easier to vote. we saw in harris county, where houston is located, these innovative efforts to get people to vote with these drive-through places to vote, and by trying to proactively send out applications to vote by mail, to only those who are qualified by this bill to make that illegal, which is the opposite of what we should be trying to do. we are committed to fighting this bill, ultimately, the congressman is right. we need the voting acts right past. we need the for the people act passed. this is a federal strategy to suppress the vote, this is a national strategy by the heritage foundation past, and
did have that victory to bring forth the minority in the legislature. we have a new bill. it looks like some sharp edges have been taken off of it, it is still not a good bill though. ultimately, when we need to remember, we do not have a voter fraud problem in the state of texas. our secretary of state testified that elections in texas were safe and secure, the 2020 election was safe and secure. 2020 election was this effort tr suppression bill, is an furtherance of donald trump s big lie. it is putting politics and ship and policies we need to let people vote. we had to texas legislatures here tonight, they were able to enjoy enjoying a celebration of sorts about knocking at provision, making it easy to overturn elections that was such a huge victory for the democrats.
rights and not make it harder for texans to vote. we as a state rank consistently in the bottom ten states for voter turnout. we donal have a voter fraud problem in the state of texas. we have a voter turnout problem. so we should be making it easier to vote. we saw in harris county where houston was located, these innovative efforts to get people the vote with these drive-through places to vote and by trying to proactively send out applications to vote by mail to only those who are qualified. we re seeing in this bill an effort to try to make that illegal which is the opposite of what we should be trying to do. so yes. we are committed to fighting this. we need the john lewis voting rights act passed. we need the for the people act passed. this is a federal strategy to suppress the vote. this is a national strategy by the heritage foundation pac and