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After Walkout, Texas Voting Showdown Part II Looms

After Walkout, Texas Voting Showdown Part II Looms The Texas Legislature is trying again after Democrats staged an abrupt walkout in May to kill a Republican plan narrowing voting options in the state. The Texas Legislature is poised to consider a voting bill that would ban drive-through voting, tighten voter identification requirements and expand the authority of partisan poll watchers.Credit.Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times July 10, 2021, 7:22 p.m. ET AUSTIN The issues and arguments were familiar, but the road ahead revolved around a more novel question as nearly 100 witnesses lined a Capitol hallway awaiting the start of an 8 a.m. committee hearing on voting rights in Texas: Do Democrats have a second act?

Beto among hundreds of Texans who line up at state Capitol to testify over GOP s voting bill

CNN Beto O Rourke makes a point during a speech in Houston in this file photo. AUSTIN, Texas Beto O Rourke was among hundreds of Texans who lined up at the state Capitol on Saturday for their first opportunity during the special legislative session to testify before lawmakers against a bill which would enact sweeping voting restrictions across the state. Both state House and Senate committees are expected to take up the respective versions of GOP-backed legislation, and as of early Saturday afternoon more than 300 people had signed up to speak. Lufkin Republican state Rep. Trent Ashby, chair of the select committee hearing the House s voting bill, said he expected bills to be advanced out of committee at the close of the Saturday hearing, meaning the House s bill could get a floor vote as early as next week.

Texans testifying on GOP voting bill faced a 17 hour-wait to be heard

Hundreds of people wait outside an Auditorium in the Capitol extension to provide testimony at a Senate committee hearing regarding proposed election legislation on Saturday, July 10, 2021. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for the Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Claudia Torres-Yañez walked into the Texas Capitol at 7:30 a.m. Saturday to testify against Republican efforts to enact new voting restrictions in the state. Fifteen hours later, she was still waiting to be heard by lawmakers. Republicans’ second attempt to further tighten the state s voting rules drew an enormous crowd to the Capitol on a Saturday morning as hundreds of Texans most of them in opposition to the legislation showed up to speak before state lawmakers in overlapping Senate and House hearings on similar bills.

Texans testifying on GOP voting bill faced a 17 hour-wait to be heard by lawmakers in the dead of night

Texans testifying on GOP voting bill faced a 17 hour-wait to be heard by lawmakers in the dead of night
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After All-Night Hearing, Texas Republicans Advance Voting Measure

After All-Night Hearing, Texas Republicans Advance Voting Measure
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