State Rep. Hugh Shine, R-Temple, said House Bill 3 â GOP-backed voting legislation that Texas House Democrats blocked a vote over on July 12 â should not be seen as voter suppression.
âHouse Bill 3 is about election integrity ⦠and basically the bottom line is to try to make it easier to vote or harder to cheat,â Shine said during a joint meeting with the Temple Chamber of Commerce and the Belton Area Chamber of Commerce on Monday.
Bell County Democratic Party chairwoman Chris Rosenberg told the Telegram she disagrees with Shineâs notion that House Bill 3 is not suppressive.Â
âHouse Bill 3 and Senate Bill 1, as currently proposed by the Texas GOP majority controlled Legislature, are a package that is reflective of a disturbing trend by the national GOP to make voting more difficult for those who they perceive as likely to vote for Democrats,â she said. âA key part of The Big Lie, as espoused by the former president of the United Stat
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Rain or shine, the Belton Fourth of July Parade will go on.
The popular annual event, which became a virtual event during the coronavirus crisis last year, returns to the streets of Belton this morning despite a 70 percent chance of rain by the paradeâs start.
At 9 a.m., before the parade, a 30-minute patriotic program will be held on the steps of the Bell County Courthouse, 101 E. Central Ave. in Belton.
âThis is the traditional way to start the parade,â Randy Pittenger, president of the Belton Area Chamber of Commerce, told the Telegram.
The program will include a color guard from Fort Hood, along with the singing of the National Anthem by the Belton High School Madrigal, the schoolâs show choir. A Scout troop will lead the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance and state Rep. Hugh Shine, R-Temple, will give the invocation.