Alex WildApr 22, 2023

Republicans passed a bill in Texas to end countywide-voting, which allows voters to choose polling locations that are convenient or have short lines, and a bill allowing the state to take over county election administration on flimsy pretexts.

If signed into law, the fix is in. Republicans will close locations in opposition areas to engineer impossibly long lines for democrats, but keep voting fast and easy for Republicans.

#RepublicanExtremism #TxLege #Texas

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/texas-senate-passes-bill-end-countywide-voting-election-day-rcna80829

Texas Senate passes bill to end countywide voting on Election Day

The Texas Senate approved a bill to ban countywide voting on Election Day, part of a pattern of legislation aimed at tightening election laws in conservative states.

NBC News
Show threadtoxtethogradyApr 23, 2023
@alexwild I think they can still be hauled up on violations of Article 14 of the Constitution. Perhaps the dissident counties can challenge it. In a court in the Ninth Circuit...
Show threadOpenDNA⚙️Apr 23, 2023
@toxtethogrady @alexwild It would go before the 5th Circuit.
Show threadtoxtethogradyApr 23, 2023
@opendna @alexwild There's a trick to venue-shopping that Trump never fully mastered. If a voter moves to Texas from Washington State, re-registers in Texas but still pays taxes in Washington State, they might be able to sue for having their rights infringed. In the Ninth Circuit, where they still pay taxes...
Show threadOpenDNA⚙️
@toxtethogrady @alexwild I'm pretty sure people have been prosecuted for claiming dual residency.
Apr 23, 2023 at 1:03pmWeb