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Secure, and successful. in fact you have twice as much of a chance to be hit by lightning in the state of texas than you have to find a case of voter fraud. >> you're more likely to be hit by lightning than you are to have a case of voter fraud? well, the difference is i can't do anything to stop somebody from getting hit by lightning. but i think you're obligated to do something in the state to keep fraud from occurring. >> despite what even many texas republicans admit was a safe and secure election, the gop-controlled legislature proposed a new voting bill under the banner of election integ...

Than you have to find a case of voter fraud. >> you're more likely to be hit by lightning than you are to have a case of voter fraud? well, the difference is i can't do anything to stop somebody from getting hit by lightning. but i think you're obligated to do something in the state to keep fraud from occurring. >> despite what even many texas republicans admit was a safe and secure election, the gop-controlled legislature proposed a new voting bill under the banner of election integrity. >> we're making it easier to vote but also making it harder to cheat. >> the new law bans drive-through vo...

By 10 points just in november, seems to be at least successful just keeping him in the game at this point >> dana, we know you have been hard at work on a special that addresses perhaps the most important issue in politics and maybe american democracy and that is the big lie. let's watch part of this. . >> if you want to make it easier for people to vote, why not take that experiment in harris county, 24-hour voting, drive-in voting, and do it across the state? >> great question. probably for the same reason as there's no other state in the union that has 24-hour voting >> gop representative t...

Members also would not get paid. and as for claims that senate bill 7 would suppress votes, here's texas lieutenant governor dan patrick. >> we simply want to stop some rogue counties like harris county, where houston is, that's created 24 out of dominic our voting. it's against the law. number two, they also had drive-in voting. it's against the law. we can't have one county running the other 253 counties. >> meantime, governor abbott hasn't said when he plans to compel lawmakers back to work, but his record shows he's a sooner rather than later kind of guy. shannon. >> shannon: yeah, that te...

Says the controversy around the bill is overblown. watch. >> we simply want to stop some rogue counties like harris county by houston that created 24 hour voting. it is against the law. two, they also had drive-in voting. it's against the law. we can't have one county running all the other countries. we want to make sure we have full verification of mail-in ballots making sure people who say they are going to vote and are voting are the people who say they are. this is not voter suppression. >> harris: matt. >> let's talk about the facts here. this bill expands early voting. it adds an additio...