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Voting: Texas Republicans set to resume push for restrictions as special legislative session begins

Voting: Texas Republicans set to resume push for restrictions as special legislative session begins
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Texas Republicans plot to resurrect restrictive voting bill after Democrats walkout

Republicans in Texas are already plotting to resurrect their fight for sweeping voting restrictions after Democratic lawmakers walked out of the state capitol and blocked an 11th-hour attempt to ram through legislation that would have made it harder to cast a ballot. Texas governor Greg Abbott – who leads the state’s domineering Republican majority – has announced he will include the high-stakes issue on his agenda when he reconvenes the.

What s in the Texas voting bill

What s in the Texas voting bill CNN 1 hr ago Analysis by Paul LeBlanc, CNN © Eric Gay/AP In this April 21, 2021 file photo, people opposed to Texas voter bills HB6 and SB7 hold signs during a news conference hosted by Texas Rising Action on the steps of the State Capitol in Austin, Texas. Republican lawmakers in the Lone Star State were moving closer Sunday to imposing a slew of new restrictions on voting until Democrats staged a late-night walkout that left the House short of a quorum. That move effectively stalled a vote on Senate Bill 7, killing it for this year s legislative session.

Texas House passes election overhaul bill that adds new restrictions

Texas House passes election overhaul bill that adds new restrictions The Texas House of Representatives passed an election overhaul bill Friday that would add new voting restrictions and penalties, the latest effort in a slew of Republican-pushed initiatives nationwide that seek to curtail voting access. The GOP-led House passed Senate Bill 7 early Friday afternoon, on a 78-64 largely party line vote. It will next head back to the Senate. Due to the bill being significantly rewritten in the House, it will likely end up in a conference committee, where members appointed from both chambers will work largely behind closed doors to pull from both the House and Senate approved versions to create a final bill. The language developed there will likely be the final version that would end up on the governor’s desk.

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