LULAC, NAACP decry bill allowing partisan activists to record Texas voters without consent
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A poll watcher looks on as election workers work before the release of early-voting returns in Harris County on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at NRG Arena in Houston.Jon Shapley, Staff photographer / Staff photographer
Civil rights groups are warning that Black and Hispanic voters will be disproportionately videotaped without their consent at polling locations under a bill on the fast track through the Texas Legislature.
Although videotaping in polling locations in Texas is prohibited, under a bill that passed the Texas Senate just after 2 a.m. Thursday, partisan poll watchers would be allowed to videotape any person voting that they suspect
Texas Republicans preparing another voter purge
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Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters during a press conference about a package of election reforms, at Senator Paul Bettencourt s District Office on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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A group of demonstrators hold signs to protests a package of voting reforms outside Senator Paul Bettencourt District Office, where Gov. Greg Abbott held a press conference, on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Representative Briscoe Cain, left to right, Gov. Greg Abbott, and senator Paul Bettencourt held a press conference to talk about a package of election reforms, at Senator Paul Bettencourt s District Office on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Top Texas utility regulator DeAnn Walker resigns following calls to step down
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Bill Magness, President and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), testifies as the Committees on State Affairs and Energy Resources hold a joint public hearing to consider the factors that led to statewide electrical blackouts, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The hearings were the first in Texas since a blackout that was one of the worst in U.S. history, leaving more than 4 million customers without power and heat in subfreezing temperatures. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Eric Gay, STF / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
Republicans Dan Patrick and George P. Bush make peace over Alamo restoration
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The Cenotaph, which is a memorial to the defenders of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, might be relocated. It is shown on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.Billy Calzada, Staff / Billy CalzadaShow MoreShow Less
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A man walks past the Cenotaph in Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, Texas as seen on April 9, 2020. Work on improvements to Alamo Plaza is continuing, despite the pandemic, and in the next few weeks. This is the $15 million first phase of a larger $450 million makeover of Alamo Plaza also includes utility relocation and planting of trees.Josie Norris, The San Antonio Express-News / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less