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Harris county, it did what it was supposed to do. that was frightening to republicans. they see the power is dissipating and black and brown people are voting. the growth in the last ten years, 80% of it in the last decade has been because of people of color. that is what is scary in texas. >> and the bill sb 7, correct? >> the old bill was sb 7. >> sb 7. >> we've got hb 3 and sb 1. >> okay. well and sb 7 and these, some of the other ones would have made casting mail in ballots harder and ban drive-through centers. >> absolutely. >> end 24-voting tactics in hah haec -- harris county and effect...

So they've been working behind the scenes and talking to demo democrats, they're coming back to austin ready to fight and when the house dropped that bill last night, i saw an energy when i was speaking to some of the them to keep that fight going. now to talk about that bill, there were a lot of similarities to the one from the regular session that got killed, sb-7, by the democrats walking out thus denying quorum at the very last minute. the new bill that was dropped by the house, house bill 3 contained components that you probably remember us talking about like banning drive-thru and 24 hou...

>> reporter: boris, they're trying to achieve what they couldn't achieve during the regular session because democrats did that dramatic walk-out in the final hours of the regular session. and denied quorum thus preventing them from passing any kind of election legislation that would add new restrictions. that is essentially why the governor said he was calling this special session, that should be getting underway any moment now. the house republicans dropped a bill last night. it is hb-3, that has a lot of similarities to the regular session bill sb-7, including items like banning drive-thru a...

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Retaliate and signed a state budget but withheld pay from lawmakers and their staffs. governor abbott is also pushing for a special legislative session this summer and another vote on the restrictions. in the past month former texas congressman beto o'rourke has held voting rights rallies across the state and tonight is at the state capitol in austin. >> we'll do all that we can with what we have where we are right now to save this democracy. we're going to fight on every front. we are going to push without rest until the right to vote is secured in america. >> austin is where we find nbc's jo...