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the governor had promised he would sign it. it was basically a foregone conclusion that the antivoting rights bill would become lawmaking it even harder to vote in the state of texas. it was a foregone conclusion that it was done. until it wasn t. again, this is what happened in may. two hours before the deadline to get that bill passed in the texas house, texas democrats quietly without any fanfare, without any announcement, one by one, started leaving the house chamber. there are 150 members of the house in texas according to the rules at least two-thirds of the members so a hundred must be present to hold a vote. that is called a quorum. without a quorum all house business has to stop. and so eventually, quietly, no fanfare, no announcement enough of those texas democrats left the house floor one by one that they broke the quorum. and with that walkout back in may texas democrats were able to block that bill. they were able to run out the clock on the legislative session