On Saturday, Republican lawmakers in Texas unveiled the final "conference" version of their election reform bill — which contains all of the previous controversial provisions banning drive-through voting, severely curtailing Sunday voting, and making it harder for disabled people to vote by mail, and adds in new provisions like requiring voter purges if county registrations and population data don't match, and allowing judges to toss out elections without proving if voter fraud decided the outcome.
The bill would need to be re-approved by the state House and Senate by Sunday evening, when the legislative session concludes, putting pressure on Republicans to move the bill forward with little time for the public to review the final text.
Legal experts immediately slammed the bill as a full-frontal assault on voting rights.
The final version of #SB7 keeps horrible provisions from the House and the Senate versions and adds a whole host of… https://t.co/J72hREsHOC— Texas Civil Rights Project (@Texas Civil Rights Project) 1622305207.0
Texans need economic relief and a reliable power grid. Instead, their legislators are attacking their freedom to vo… https://t.co/lOwrKZLRIK— Fair Fight (@Fair Fight) 1622312199.0
EXCELLENT breakdown on how terrible latest version of #SB7 is. From IDs for mail ballots to questioning your family… https://t.co/gi0aQDR93F— Isabel Longoria (@Isabel Longoria) 1622310288.0
Two new provisions of Texas #SB7 aimed at overturning elections:👀 ⚖️Makes it easier to overturn an election based… https://t.co/3ZUfbjGgxt— Marc E. Elias (@Marc E. Elias) 1622308461.0
🚨BREAKING: Texas Republicans release final text of #SB7. If this is enacted, they will be sued. https://t.co/GB8e83glDL— Marc E. Elias (@Marc E. Elias) 1622307043.0
