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Pentagon halts border wall construction paid for with defense funds redirected by Trump
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Texas Gains Political Clout While Trying to Restrict Voting
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Fact check: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick claims most people of color don t have a vehicle
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Eliminating drive-thru voting centers is one of the major features of Senate Bill 7, described by its Republican authors as an election security measure and by its Democratic detractors as an attempt to suppress the vote.
The bill would prohibit county election officials from allowing voters to cast ballots from within their vehicles by amending the state’s election code to make voting rules in this regard uniform across the state.
This provision is aimed at Harris County, which set up drive-thru voting centers last year as a safe way to vote during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 127,000 voters cast ballots via the drive-thru centers during the 2020 general election, helping the county set a voter turnout record.
Republicans target voter access in Texas cities, but not rural areas
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Texas Republicans Targeting Voting Access Find Their Bullâs-Eye: Cities
In Houston, election officials found creative ways to help a struggling and diverse work force vote in a pandemic. Record turnout resulted. Now the G.O.P. is targeting those very measures.
Zoe Douglas, a Houston resident, took advantage of 24-hour voting last fall.Credit.Mark Felix for The New York Times
April 24, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
HOUSTON â Voting in the 2020 election presented Zoe Douglas with a difficult choice: As a therapist meeting with patients over Zoom late into the evening, she just wasnât able to wrap up before polls closed during early voting.