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United states is one that all americans, whatever their politics or party, should fear. if it prevails, it may become a model for action in other areas by other states. >> rather than taking the law head on the doj is seeking an injunction to prohibit enforcement of the law. texans seeking abortions are already suffering and they reel from a new voting law that made casting the ballots in the hardest state to do so harder. what do the issues have in common beyond what we have laid out? this guy....

Fraud. >> election integrity is now law. >> reporter: drive-thru voting is now banned in texas, one of the extensive measures included in a controversial election bill signed by republican greg abbott. critics say it is one of the most restrictive laws, republicans deny that it will make voting harder. >> it does make it easier than ever before for anybody to go cast a ballot. it does also however make sure that it is harder for people to cheat at the ballot box. >> reporter: the election bill a...

Also sets new limits on people who help voters and what they can and cant tell voters. this is just some of the measures included in this election bill. which critics say is one of the most restrictive in the country. republicans here in texas, erica, say that this bill goes a long way to ensuring the integrity at the ballot box and of the election process. but this is been a highly controversial bill as weve followed throughout the summer months. it was what caused texas democrats to flee the s...

Mutate until we have a level of immunity in our communities around this country and around the world. >> reporter: now, israels health chief has been asked to address fda vaccine advisers here in the u.s. that theyre meeting next week and present more data on those boosters. but meantime, more than a quarter of eligible americans still havent had their first vaccine shot. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. texas governor greg abbott is set to sign a controversial new election bill into law today. it...

Bans 24-hour voting, sets new identification rules for voting by mail and gives partisan poll watchers more access at election sites. >> this is bad. >> reporter: a democrat running for lieutenant governor says republicans in texas are feeling the political tides turning against them especially in the biggest cities, which now vote overwhelmingly democratic. >> they dont want to lose their grip on power and they will assault the democracy in order to retain power and i think thats very, very dan...

Ed lavandera is "outfront". >> reporter: last year 127,000 people cast their ballots in a drive-through in harris county. it was an idea born out of the pandemic and celebrated as a secure way of making voting safe and conveniconvenient. >> youre more likely to be struck by lightning than experience mail ballot fraud. plain and simple. >> i election integrity is now law. >> reporter: drive-through voting is banned in texas. its one of the extensive measures included in a controversial election b...

Elections. cnn correspondent ed lavendera joining us from dallas with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. well the governor here in texas is headed to the politically friendly confines of east texas. it is notable that hes not signing this bill in the major cities like houston or dallas. which essentially many of the provisions in this election bill is targing some of the measures that are rolled out in those counties in the most recent election. so the governor signing that co...

African in so many ways, including voting. is it time that it be treated the way that apartheid and south africa was treated with boycotts? what do you think of that as mayor of austin? >> as mayor of a city right now, we need help and support. wed much rather people focus on bringing resources to organizations in our state that are fighting this, helping the cities and the communities put up a defense to this. thats really the help that we need. the urban areas in our city have opposed this. th...

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On voting legislation. >> the torch is being passed to us, and its time for our generation to wake up the world so we can stop talking about the dream and start living the dream! >> reporter: tonight, a new generation marching the streets of washington. this time with an urgent call for congress to stop what they call the assault on voter access to the ballot box. >> we are narrowly focused on the outcome -- not the process, not the performance of events, but the outcome, and the outcome is adop...