Two former congressional candidates, Julie Oliver and Mike Siegel, are hoping to help Democrats learn the lessons of 2020 with a new group called Ground Game Texas.
The provision deals with the window for early voting on Sundays, and the current version raised concerns that it was targeting get-out-the-vote efforts by Black churches.
For Democrats of color, walkout on Texas voting bill was rooted in the long fight for equal voting rights
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State Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer addresses the media during a press conference at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. The group of Democratic lawmakers walked off the House floor and broke quorum over Senate Bill 7.
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Before they walked out of the Texas Capitol on Sunday night to block a sweeping, restrictive voting bill, House Democrats took a detour to the past.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett pushed bills to reform policing, expand voting options and loosen drug laws in the state. But she made waves for her passionate dissent.
Without federal action to protect our elections and right to vote, our democracy is in peril – not just in Texas or Georgia or Florida, but everywhere.