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| Subject: Re: Texas: you can’t vote | Date: 1/21/2022 12:20 PM | |
| Author: Hawkwin | Number: 2372553 of 2381073 | |
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Did this make it back into the final bill? https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/23/texas-voting-polling... The number of Election Day polling places in largely Democratic parts of major Texas counties would fall dramatically under a Republican proposal to change how Texas polling sites are distributed, a Texas Tribune analysis shows. Voting options would be curtailed most in areas with higher shares of voters of color. Relocating polling sites is part of the GOP’s priority voting bill — Senate Bill 7 — as it was passed in the Texas Senate. It would create a new formula for setting polling places in the handful of mostly Democratic counties with a population of 1 million or more. Although the provision was removed from the bill when passed in the House, it remains on the table as a conference committee of lawmakers begins hammering out a final version of the bill behind closed doors. |
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