Gov. Abbot Signs Texas Voting Integrity Bill Into Law

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Gov. Greg Abbott Tuesday signed Texas' election reform bill into law, ending a months-long political fight over the controversial legislation.

Abbott, a Republican, traveled to Tyler, Texas to sign the Senate Bill 1, which repeals many of the voting measures that large cities in the state implemented amid the pandemic and overhauls the state’s mail-in voting and polling place systems.

Senate Bill 1 also bars election officials from sending voters unsolicited mail-in ballot applications to voters, threatening jail time if they do so.

The bill cleared the state legislature last week in its second special session. Democrats originally let the regular session expire in May, temporarily killing the bill, when they quietly left the capital in Austin and fled the state to Washington, D.C. after Abbott called the first special session days later.

"One thing that all Texans can agree on is that we must have trust and confidence in our elections," Abbott said during the bill-signing ceremony. "The bill that I'm about to sign helps to achieve that goal."

Stacey Abrams immediately declared herself the real governor of Texas.

posted by Ace at 01:39 PM

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