Texas Legislature Sends Bill Making Illegal Voting a Felony to Governor
On Sunday, May 28, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 1243, a bill raising the penalty for illegal voting to a felony.
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On Sunday, May 28, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 1243, a bill raising the penalty for illegal voting to a felony.
On Sunday, May 28, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 1933, which would give the secretary of state wide authority to direct how elections are run in Harris County, Texas, the state’s most populous county and a Democratic stronghold.
On Saturday, May 27, the Texas Legislature gave final approval to Senate Bill 1070, a bill that would allow the state to discontinue participation in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).
On Saturday, May 20, the Texas House passed Senate Bill 1750, a bill that would abolish the election administrator position in Harris County, the state’s most populous county.
On Wednesday, May 17, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision compelling four Republican members of the Texas Legislature to produce documents related to Texas’ omnibus voter suppression law, Senate Bill 1.
On Monday, May 15, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas), Texas House members and local county officials in Fort Worth-area Tarrant County, Texas asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate officials in Tarrant County “to end the pattern…of voter intimidation and harassment.”
On Tuesday, May 2, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 1993, which would give the secretary of state the authority to order a new election under certain circumstances in counties with at least 2.7 million people.
On Friday, April 28, the Texas House passed House Bill 1243, a bill that would increase the penalty for illegal voting to a felony.
Between Monday, April 17 and Thursday, April 20, the Texas Senate passed at least nine bills that interfere with election administration or make it harder to vote or register to vote.
On Thursday, April 13, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 1933, a bill that would empower the secretary of state to seize election authority from county officials.