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Arizona was no longer reliably red. and republicans, still in charge of the legislature, went to work, proposing new ways to change the state's election laws. like one that said any time before the presidential inauguration, the legislature, quote, may revoke the secretary of state's issuance or certification of a presidential elector's certificate of election. in english, allow the legislature to overturn the election. that bill, which did not become law, was proposed by a republican now running to be arizona's next secretary of state. one of her opponents in that race, republican state senat...

Gallagher has the details. >> adjourned. >> reporter: the special session that wasn't has come to an end in austin. statehouse democrats successfully blocking, for now, a bill that would add new restrictions to elections. >> this is a victory for texas voters. but we know, we understand the fight continues. >> reporter: the battle over voting rights in the lone star state is far from over. republican governor greg abbott calling a second special session. 17 item agenda that includes election legislation to kick off saturday if the texas house democrats show up. >> we do not telegraph what our ...

Yep... everything hurts. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ breaking news out of texas. another special session just it did not meet quorum without democrats. republicans want to eye dress a controversial election bill. nbc's jay gray is live in austin. jay, what does the process look like now without quorum? what happens next? >> reporter: yeah, joe, what happens right now is the waiting game continues. as you talked about, they gavelled in the second special session of the summer here in austin, and then without much ado left because there was no quorum...

Second special session with an expanded agenda that still includes election legislation. and i say attempt, because it's not known right now if there will be enough democrats to have a quorum. this is how they have -- this is the way that they have sort of battled those voting bills, twice now by denying a quorum. whether or not they're going to have the stamina to do it for another 30 days, that's still to be determined but they say they're not going to give up their strategy just yet. >> make no mistake. we do not telegraph what our plans are but do not be fooled. if congress is in session, ...

Other items on the governor's to do list. i want to bring in senior digital reporter jane tim, who has been following this for us. thanks for joining us. let's talk about the special legislative session number two, we should say. what is the governor looking to get done here and will it happen? >> yes, the governor abbott's wish list is long, 17 different items, six new ones from the last session. the special sessions can last 30 days. he's not going to get it all done but top of his list, the election legislation, allocating federal covid relief builders, bail reform, wants to ban mask and va...