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Republicans defended the 1:00 p.m. sunday early voting start saying that it was, you know, made possible for poll workers to go to church as well, but now, after the bill has failed, theyre coming back and saying, oh, actually we meant to do 11:00 a.m., not 1:00 p.m. it was a typo and well fix it when we try again. what this is an about-face, a walk back, because tlae been pressure and democrats and activists have had success at going after this bill. its very unusual texas couldnt pass their vo...

Bill? >> advocates from texas for this bill would have limited voting on sundays. critics said it was a hit on black voters who often climb into a van and vote as a church and community, in part as an expression of their faith. this bill was defended on the floor. one author said it was designed to ensure poll workers could go to church as well. but after delay tactics, they say we meant to write 11:00 a.m. rather than 1:00 p.m. they are quite pleased the bill was temporarily delayed and they ca...

Harry anton, the wizard of odds. the u.s. election assistance commission found two-thirds of jurisdictions had a hard time recruiting enough poll workers, so this is about safety. >> i mean, lets look at the numbers. i dont think its about safety. what i think its about is that they know that the folks who have the hardest time voting are democrats. this is a marist college poll. 22% of democrats had a problem with voting because they cant get off work versus 14% of republicans. we know it dispr...

The country. as for chairman cains assertion that this isnt about 2020, take a look at where he was in 2020. in philadelphia. >> were looking to see if there is any funny business going on. >> he is in philadelphia interviewing poll workers and watchers. hes volunteering for president trumps legal team in the historic challenge against election results in the state. >> so the guy who said this has nothing to do with 2020 was in philadelphia which is a long way from texas where his job is looking...

Thats something we have seen across the country. it also makes, again, those partisan poll workers empowered, this is something that president joe biden hit on saying it reminded him of other state legislation thats restricting vo voting rights. the republican sponsors of the bill say this is about ballot security and ensuring uniformity. the clock is ticking, they have to get something done by midnight on sunday. boris, christi, the expectation is governor abbott if approved will sign this into...

Cause them to lose early voting time. and it will eliminate completely the ability to do 24-hour vogue, and also drive-through voting, which is something harris county piloted during the 2020 election to help with the pandemic. they saw record turnout last year. there is also elements that empower partisan poll watchers, and add criminal penalties if you obstruct that, but it does require them to take an oath saying that they will not disrupt voters or the voting process. now, look, there are cr...

Now, there were a lot of elements from past versions that made headlines, and many of those are still in this final version. take, for example, early voting hours. this legislation codifies those hours, setting limitations. in some cases, youre going to see counties that may have more early voting. but in those large, more diverse counties, you will likely see fewer hours, no 24-hour voting, pamela, no drive-through voting, and they also -- things like empowering partisan poll workers and making...

Constitution, you cannot be bullied out of your right to vote? >> let me explain, the naacp is not an exaggeration, one of the proposals under the senate bill was to have poll watchers be able to report voters as theyre casting their votes and making it a misdemeanor for poll workers to stand in the line of sight and so so much of this goes beyond the pale, there are obstacles to mail ballot voting is, for voters with disabilities, right now the fight is still on. we need that recognition that t...

Guaranteed under the constitution. you cannot be bullied out of your right to vote. ganon >> what the naacp said is not ag exaggeration. proposed under the senate bill was to have poll watchers be able to record voters as theyrr casting their vote and make it a misdemeanor for poll workers to. so as stand in the line of sight. so so much of this, it goes beyond the pale. there are obstacles to voting, voters with disabilities. the fight is still on. we need that recognition that this is about de...

Seeing in texas and other places. tacit or explicit intimidation of voters. how do you overcome this, if not just in fighting these pieces of legislation? how do you get people to understand, this is your right guaranteed under the constitution. you cannot be bullied out of your right to vote. >> what the naacp said is not an exaggeration. proposed under the senate bill was to have poll watchers be able to record voters as theyre casting their vote and make it a misdemeanor for poll workers to. ...