Texas Republicans 'are terrified of Texas voters,' tweeted congresswoman Veronica Escobar on Sunday.
While supporters of Senate Bill 7, expected to be signed into law by Governor, say the new restrictions are meant to strengthen election integrity, officials said the state's 2020 election was secure.
While the bill does not explicitly say anything about race, Democrats drew comparisons to some of the Jim Crow laws of the 20th century. Borris Miles, a Black senator from Houston, responded to a restriction on transportation to voting polls. The restriction would require people who transport more than two voters to the polls to fill out a form, but many voters that Miles represents lack their own transportation and get rides from one another.
Harris County was the focus of the bill as it was one of the only counties in Texas that made voting so accessible during the pandemic, with temporary polling places, drive-thru voting and 24-hour voting marathons.
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