"Please reconsider the rushed timeline," pleaded Julia Vaughn, Common Cause Indiana policy director. "Take your maps around the state for public review."
Students wait in line to vote on Super Tuesday, Tuesday, March 4, 2020, on the third floor of the LBJ Student Center at Texas State. Jaden Edison
Texas House of Representatives Erin Zwiener, who represents Hays and Blanco counties, presented a student identification voting bill to the House Elections Committee on April 29.Â
If passed, the bill, known as House Bill 160, will change the state s current election code to include student identification cards as a valid form of identification when voting in Texas. Many forms of state-issued identification are already allowed for voting, and allowing student IDs from our colleges and universities would help break down the barriers that young people experience when voting and improve election participation, Rep. Zwiener says.Â
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Multiple major corporations based in Texas spoke out Thursday in opposition to Republicansâ legislative proposals to further restrict voting in Texas.
Corporate giants American Airlines, based in Fort Worth, and Dell Technologies, headquartered in Round Rock, were among the first to take a position. American Airlines took specific aim at Senate Bill 7, which would impose sweeping restrictions that take particular aim at local efforts meant to make it easier to vote â like extended early voting hours. Senate Republicans advanced that measure in a 2 a.m. vote Thursday.
âEarlier this morning, the Texas State Senate passed legislation with provisions that limit voting access. To make Americanâs stance clear: We are strongly opposed to this bill and others like it,â the company said in a statement.
American Airlines and Dell Technologies on Thursday publicly declared their opposition to Republican legislative proposals that would impose new restrictions on voting.
In a statement Thursday, American Airlines took specific aim at Senate Bill 7, which would impose sweeping restrictions that take particular aim at local efforts meant to make it easier to vote. Credit: Getty Images
Multiple major corporations based in Texas spoke out Thursday in opposition to Republicans’ legislative proposals to further restrict voting in Texas.
Corporate giants American Airlines, based in Fort Worth, and Dell Technologies, headquartered in Round Rock, were among the first to take a position. American Airlines took specific aim at Senate Bill 7, which would impose sweeping restrictions that take particular aim at local efforts meant to make it easier to vote like extended early voting hours. Senate Republicans advanced that measure in a 2 a.m. vote Thursday.