Texas Legislature Sends Voting-Restriction Bill to Governor

A bill that would rein in measures to ease voting passed the Texas legislature Tuesday, following more than two months of delay that included an exodus from the state by a majority of the House’s Democratic members.

The measure, first introduced during the legislature’s regular biennial session that ended in May and then the subject of two special sessions, will eliminate some of the changes deployed during the pandemic. It would stop drive-thru voting, while further limiting mail-in voting and giving more power to partisan poll watchers, among other things. It now heads to Republican Governor Greg Abbott, who ...