State Rep. Hugh Shine, R-Temple, said House Bill 3 â GOP-backed voting legislation that Texas House Democrats blocked a vote over on July 12 â should not be seen as voter suppression.
âHouse Bill 3 is about election integrity ⦠and basically the bottom line is to try to make it easier to vote or harder to cheat,â Shine said during a joint meeting with the Temple Chamber of Commerce and the Belton Area Chamber of Commerce on Monday.
Bell County Democratic Party chairwoman Chris Rosenberg told the Telegram she disagrees with Shineâs notion that House Bill 3 is not suppressive.Â
âHouse Bill 3 and Senate Bill 1, as currently proposed by the Texas GOP majority controlled Legislature, are a package that is reflective of a disturbing trend by the national GOP to make voting more difficult for those who they perceive as likely to vote for Democrats,â she said. âA key part of The Big Lie, as espoused by the former president of the United Stat
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