Texas Democrats Strike Jim Crow Purity of Ballot Box Language from GOP Voting Bill
Lawmakers struck the phrase from the bill after a Democratic representative pointed out its racist origins
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After their party’s 2020 presidential election loss, Republican-led legislatures across the country are scrambling to exclude more people from voting and make it more difficult to cast a ballot. In Texas, conservatives have been pushing a voting bill that included language from the state’s constitution that was used to justify disenfranchising the state’s Black voters, until a Democrat pointed out the wording’s racist roots, and the language was removed.
Rolling Stone Texas Democrats Strike Jim Crow ‘Purity of Ballot Box’ Language from GOP Voting Bill
Lawmakers struck the phrase from the bill after a Democratic representative pointed out its racist origins
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After their party’s 2020 presidential election loss, Republican-led legislatures across the country are scrambling to exclude more people from voting and make it more difficult to cast a ballot. In Texas, conservatives have been pushing a voting bill that included language from the state’s constitution that was used to justify disenfranchising the state’s Black voters, until a Democrat pointed out the wording’s racist roots, and the language was removed.
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