Texas Dems’ Absence Stalls Voter Suppression Laws In The Lone Star State.
Democratic legislators in Texas stay away from the Capital to prevent restrictive voter laws from being enacted. (CBS News)
“Texas Democrats still refused to return to the state Capitol on Saturday as Governor Greg Abbott began a third attempt at passing new election laws, prolonging a monthslong standoff that ramped up in July when dozens of Democratic state lawmakers left the state and hunkered down in Washington, D.C.
”A quorum is not present,” said Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan, who then adjourned the chamber until Monday.
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The Democratic lawmakers in Texas are trying to stop Texas from enacting voting laws that are very restrictive and will disenfranchise large swaths of voters in the Lone Star State. The last ditch effort to block these laws may or may not be successful but at least the electorate their elected representative are fighting back again voter suppression. America needs to encourage more people to vote, not take that right away from people or make it more difficult due to non existent ‘voter fraud’.
