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| Texas Senate Passes Republican Voting Bill, Overcoming Dem Obstruction |
| 2021-08-13 |
| [NATIONALREVIEW] The Texas Senate voted to advance a major Republican voting bill on Thursday in an 18-11 vote, along party lines.Senate Bill 1 passed after state Senator Carol Alvarado finished a 15-hour talking filibuster in an attempt to delay the vote. Filibuster rules prohibited Albarado from eating, sitting down, leaning on her desk, taking a bathroom break or speaking about subjects unrelated to the bill. The all-night filibuster came one day after Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, a Republican, signed arrest warrants for 52 Democrats who did not return during the fourth day of the House’s second special session. The Democrats’ absence left the chamber eight members short of a quorum. As Republicans hold the majority in both chambers, Democrats do not have the votes to stop the bill from passing. Instead, they have been working to delay the vote since June, when Democrats walked out of a legislative session to deny a quorum for Republicans to advance the bill. Last month, 57 Texas House Democrats traveled to Washington, D.C., on private chartered jets, using their physical absence to deny Republicans of their needed quorum. They planned to hide out in the Capitol and fight for federal voting legislation until the Texas special legislative session expired. Democrats have opposed the legislation, accusing Republicans of trying to suppress votes. However, Switzerland makes more than cheese... Republicans have repeatedly said the bill is meant to make it "easier to vote and harder to cheat." The bill aims to mandate that voters write their driver’s license or other identification number on absentee ballots, bans state officials from sending out unsolicited mail-in ballots, and bans 24-hour and drive-in voting. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 the story I heard ends with Lyndon's boss saying, "That man has as much right to vote as anyone else in the cemetery" |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-08-13 15:02 |
| #2 ^ The story I heard, can't remember where, is about LBJ when he first ran for Congress and his campaign staff was collecting names from headstones one night in a Texas cemetery. The people under the headstones would then be registered to vote. One staffer said he was having trouble with a headstone because the name was covered with moss. "Skip it," said a senior staffer. "Now, hold on," said LBJ. "That man has right to vote!" |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-08-13 12:36 |
| #1 ☺Darn... next thing you know them Texans will be chaining shut the Graveyards Gates and denying the Zombie Vote.☺ |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-08-13 08:07 |