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After hours voting and drive-thru options. mr. biden isnt mincing his words. this is what he had to say. its part of an assault on democracy weve seen if a too often this year and disproportionately targeting black and brown americans. in the 21st century with we should be making it easier not harder for every eligible voter to vote. diane gallagher has the details. >> reporter: lawmakers in the state of texas are one step closer to adding new restricts to the voting process here following in th...

>> lawmakers in texas now have until midnight tonight to approve the measure and despite protests from outside groups and democrats, in the legislature, the bill is expected to pass. cnns dianne gallagher has more. >> good morning, boris and christi, yeah, the time is ticking on senate bill seven, this election overhaul bill by republicans that will add new restrictions and regulations as well as enhance criminal and civil penalties to the voting process. it really impacts just about everybody w...

Legislators across the country since president biden won the 2020 election and last night, the president called on congress to pass federal voting rights legislation writing quote its wrong and un-american in the 21st century. we should be making it easier, not harder for every eligible voter to vote. unquote. >> texas lawmakers have until midnight tonight to approve the measure, and despite protests from outside groups and democrats in the legislature, the bill is expected to pass. cnns dianne ...

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...

Will sign it into law. but democrats tell me they still may have a few tricks up their sleeves so dont count them out just yet. the state of texas has some of the most restrictive voting laws in the country. this adds new restrictions and requirements, adds civil and criminal penalties to the voting process. it makes it a crime to send an unsolicited mail-in ballot application. it prohibits overnight and sunday morning voting, which some argue will make it difficult for projects like souls to th...

Watching the senate debate before they voted along party lines to approve this final election of this election overhaul bill. and you mentioned texas already has some of the strictest election laws in the entire country. this particular bit of legislation will add new restrictions, new regulations. it adds new criminal and civil penalties to the voting process. for example, it makes it a crime to send an unsolicited mail-in application for a public official. it prohibits overnight and sunday mor...

Everything that the republicans try to do in certain ways, now it always comes back to race. everything they do is racist. i hate to break it to people, democrats and republicans, but right now in our country we have an election integrity problem. theres a large portion of americans that do not trust the voting process, and that is the first thing that needs to be fixed because if you dont trust the elections, then your democracy really is going to go out the window. but the best part about thes...

What all the outrage is all about over this bill. >> reporter: pamela, i just want to sort of give this here. the sponsor of this bill, state senator brian yews, a republican here in texas, i asked him about president bidens statement. he just texted me back, he said, it sound like president biden is reading right-wing talking points on sb-7. we would all be better off if the president cared as much about the southern border as he does texas elections. now, look, texas is already one of the most...

Final legislative text has not been push blared at this point, but cnn did obtain a final draft that has the expected language in it. it adds a whole host of restrictions and regulation as well as criminal and civil penalties to the voting process. were talking about everybody affected here, voters, election officials, volunteers, and those get out the vote voting rights groups. just to give you an overview of what is in the 67-page draft, there are though headline-making changes from the years ...

Distributed. this draft essentially changes elections top to bottom here in texas by adding new requirements, new restrictions, and new criminal and civil penalties to the voting process that will have some sort of impact on voters, election officials, and voting rights now, some of the more controversial measures that have made headlines that are included in this are elements that would limit those voting creative methods used in places like houston, in harris county, during the pandemic that...