FILE - In this July 14, 2020 file photo, a voter, right, shows her identification to a Harris County election clerk before voting, in Houston. Texas Republicans advanced a slate of proposed new voting restrictions Thursday, April 1, 2021, that would reduce options to cast ballots, limit polling hours and hand more power to partisan poll watchers. All those efforts are rolled into a single bill that cleared the GOP-controlled state Senate a key marker in a campaign by Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott, to impose new restrictive measures over elections in America's biggest red state. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)