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Desantis and his other big-state governors who are in that republican primary lane for president so every time another governor does something, he tries to one-up them and do something more outrageous it will hurt republicans. it will hurt democrats. it hurts the balance of power that is in our constitution, both state and federally. >> you know, there's probably some degree of apathy with people who have never seen their vote or their ability to vote challenged. people like me who walk exactly one block to a polling station that has not been moved, that i can get to clearly. you have people o...

Make sure people are conscious of the fact that folks are trying to take away their vote. republicans really have been doing this for the better part of a decade. there's been ten findings of intentional discrimination by three federal courts against the texas legislature on voting rights matters. it's baked into the consciousness that these republicans will be doing anything to impede or make it more difficult to vote. we hope and we're working towards it. i know there are town halls around the state. texas democrats are also raising consciousness on this, doing voter town halls. the minute w...

Drive-through voting. there were administrators saying we need to take care of our essential workers so we'll create 24-hour voting. some people said we don't want people to have to vote in person, we'll let them vote by mail so we'll send them mail-in ballots if they're eligible and they can send those things back by mail. that's what republicans are mainly mad about and they're using this pretext and it's the big lie that arrived at the door of the texas capitol that continues to be pushed forward by not only donald trump but his enablers. >> for people who think that they are supporters of ...

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