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Texas voting bills target Democratic strongholds, just like Georgia's new laws FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Aubrey Calaway, 23, waits to vote outside Victory Houston polling station in Houston on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. The location was one of the Harris County's 24-hour locations.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of6 A vehicle enters the drive thru voting location at Toyota Center on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Houston.Melissa Phillip, Staff photographer / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of6 A Voter Assistant aids drive-thru voters at the ...

Commentary: How 'filibuster' carries centuries of baggage Alfredo Torres Jr., For the Express-News April 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell denounces efforts to abolish the filibuster, saying that he would use procedures to turn the Senate into a “100-car pileup, nothing moving.” The filibuster rule should be eliminated because of its current abuse and disgraceful past.Chip Somodevilla /Getty Images “Words matter” is a cliché being tossed about these days. But, really, they do matter. By now, the phrase “filibuster” has conjured up images of Se...

LULAC, NAACP decry bill allowing partisan activists to record Texas voters without consent FacebookTwitterEmail A poll watcher looks on as election workers work before the release of early-voting returns in Harris County on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at NRG Arena in Houston.Jon Shapley, Staff photographer / Staff photographer Civil rights groups are warning that Black and Hispanic voters will be disproportionately videotaped without their consent at polling locations under a bill on the fast track through the Texas Legislature. Although videotaping in polling locations in Texas is prohibited, und...

Corporate criticism of GOP-led voting bills spreads to Texas PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press April 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 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 campai...

Texas Republicans preparing another voter purge FacebookTwitterEmail 1of7 Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters during a press conference about a package of election reforms, at Senator Paul Bettencourt's District Office on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of7 A group of demonstrators hold signs to protests a package of voting reforms outside Senator Paul Bettencourt District Office, where Gov. Greg Abbott held a press conference, on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / St...