Opinion: We Must Not Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights

Parties should be competing to win more votes, not working to keep voting down

"...anti-voter bill. While this action halted the assault on voting rights temporarily, Gov. Greg Abbott has already threatened to..."

June 18, 2021 Column by Tom Lopach

Texas Dems Storm the Capitol (Peacefully!) To Demand Voting Rights

O'Rourke, House quorum-breakers rally thousands

"...and waved signs for hours in support of national voting rights and democracy reform bills...."

June 21, 2021 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

Voting Debate Turns House Into a History Class

Dems slow SB 7's roll with more than 100 amendments

"...on providing voter assistance, and its criminal penalties for voting violations. The tense floor debate featured top Dems such..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Gun Carry Bills Advance

Campus carry and open carry bills advance to full Senate

"...During last week's introductions for Sen­ate Bills 11 and 17 – known colloquially as "campus carry"..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Keeping It Weird: Bills on the Fringe

Early bills show reliable signs of Texas Weird

"...three biggest 84th session policy trends thus far are bills related to immigration, voting, and handguns. We don't have..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Bad Bills Bite the Dust at the Legislature

Anti-voter, anti-worker, anti-woman, pro-slave-owner bills dead – for now

"...signaled death by deadline for most of the session's bills. That's cause for celebration when it thwarts measures that..."

May 24, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Green Voting Guide

"...it bears repeating here as you head for the voting booth. If environmental issues are key in helping you..."

Oct. 31, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols

Texas Dems Take the Voting Rights Fight to D.C.

Breaking quorum again, lawmakers leave state to thwart Abbott's restrictive bill

"...so there wouldn't be enough members to vote on bills – to kill a punitive elections bill at the..."

July 16, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Ellis: Voter ID Bills Are Dead

Houston lawmaker says he can kill any bills that would require a photo ID to vote.

"...Antonio; and other legislators and advocates – said such bills requiring a photo ID to vote would be better..."

March 16, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Voter ID Bills up for House Vote Today

Supporters say voter ID bills are needed to stop voter fraud; critics say they would more properly be called "voter roadblock" bills.

"...Two bills that would require presentation of a photo ID to..."

April 23, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Voting Rights Action

Texas Dems storm the Capitol (peacefully!)

"...as expected, and failed to proceed to debate signature voting rights legislation that promises to dominate national political discourse..."

June 25, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

These Anti-Trans, Border, and Water Bills Gained Steam This Week

Making moves in the Lege this week ...

"...Anti-Trans Bills Gather Steam in Senate..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Whitley Sinks, Voting Rights Don't

Abbott's SoS nominee resigns as extreme voter suppression bill tanks

"...kicked off under the cloud of an attack on voting rights. In January, newly appointed Secretary of State David..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Voting Systems: A Primer

"...this Election Code provision this last session, but his bills were left pending in committee...."

June 25, 1999 News Feature

Voting Rights, Other GOP-Aligned Measures Back in the Crosshairs for Special Session

More red meat as Abbott puts the Lege into overtime

"...May. Another is "bail reform," which to Abbott means bills "to protect the public from accused criminals," not the..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Criminal Justice Reform Bills Pass

Bills passed last week head to Guv

"...the House in March with only Leo Berman, R-Tyler, voting against it, and passed out of the Senate unanimously..."

May 26, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Lege Ticker: From Voter Suppression to Salamanders

GOP bills spell trouble for voting rights, Barton Springs

"...ride last week, as committee hearings on two restrictive voting bills sputtered in the Texas House and Senate...."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

For Briscoe Cain's Next Act, Watch This Bill Disappear (Along With Your Right to Vote)

House committee guts SB 7, replaces it with language from other draconian voting restriction bill

"...up protections for partisan poll watchers, and restricts mail-in voting, while SB 7 focuses on early voting hours and..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Campus Carry and Open Carry Move Forward

Senate Bills 11 and 17 move to full Senate

"...On Thursday, during introductions for Senate Bills 11 and 17 – known colloquially as “campus carry”..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

House Committee Hears "Discriminatory" Voter Suppression Bill

SB 9 would punish voter form errors with state jail felonies

"...Rather than strengthening and expanding voting rights in a state with dismal turnout, Texas Republicans..."

May 16, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Billpocalypse!

Bills start dying as sine die draws near; schools get new A-F grading system; and more

"...last day for the House to consider any House bills or resolutions on second reading. Basically, if your bill..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Watson's 3/17 Speech Against Voter ID

Transcript of Austin senator's remarks

"...importantly, those who weren’t watching, those millions of legally voting Texans whose lives won’t be the same if this..."

March 18, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Anchia: Fraser's Voter ID Bill Is Dead

Democrats' point man thinks even some Republicans can't go for it

"...of Dallas, the Democrats’ point man on voter ID bills, and thinks that Sen. Troy Fraser’s SB 362, which..."

March 13, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

House Gives Perry the Finger

House Bills 2 and 3 die; it's back to square one

"...the finger Tuesday, killing the school spending and tax bills in back-to-back assassinations. The actions created a rare taste..."

July 29, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Abbott’s Executive Overreach

What all bills did the governor veto this time?

"...his big, red pen to the list of approved bills from this year's legislative session on Friday, vetoing 50..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Austin at Large: Blue Blood, From a Turnip

In voting-averse Texas, how can the “election integrity” juice be worth the squeeze?

"...a generation; we're pretty universally regarded as the least voting-friendly state in the union. There's been plenty of outrage..."

March 19, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Election Ticker: Marching Toward 2020

Early voting in the primaries is only seven weeks away

"...read this, Feb. 18 – the start of early voting for the March 3 primary – will be just..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Bill of the Week: A Straight Ticket to Court?

Rep. Ron Simmons wants to end straight-ticket voting

"...disproportionately impact minorities, who more frequently opt for straight-ticket voting, as well as the disabled and elderly who spend..."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

News Roundup: Delusions and Deluges

"Downtown doesn't exist just to entertain people of means."

"...their last-minute campaign against the proposed courthouse location; early voting this past weekend showed embarrassingly low turnout rates; Ken..."

Oct. 26, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

The Politics of Annexation

Critics say ACC election unfair, but Austinites foot out-of-district bills

"...Voting to raise your own taxes is hard. Voting to..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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