As the primary election looms closer on March 1, Texas is experiencing record levels of rejections for mail-in ballots. It’s the latest sign that the massive voter suppression bill Republicans passed, Senate Bill 1, is indeed working as intended. According to reports...
The voter suppression bill Senate Bill 1 has prompted another lawsuit, this one concerning an ignored request from the Texas Secretary of State over voter purges. Last week a group of civil rights organizations including the ACLU and MALDEF (the Mexican American Legal...
When it comes to the 2020 election, indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton can’t stop lying. And in a new speech, Paxton maintained without evidence that widespread voter fraud was responsible for making Joe Biden president. According to The Houston Chronicle, Paxton...
On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by sharing a famous quote from the late civil rights leader and minister: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of...
At a press conference this afternoon, several Texas congressional and state Democrats called upon the U.S. Senate to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. The Texas lawmakers noted the urgency of the moment: Greg Abbott has already signed a sweeping voter suppression...
On Wednesday, Senate Republicans blocked the Freedom to Vote Act, refusing to even allow debate on the bill. This marks the third time this year that Senate Republicans have stonewalled voting rights legislation. The bill failed in a 51-49 vote, with all...
The following is a transcript of the Tex Mix podcast with host Jessica Montoya Coggins and Ali Lozano, the Director of Advocacy and Communications at Texas Civil Rights Project. You can listen to the Tex Mix podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you get your...
On Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott officially signed Senate Bill 1 in Tyler. The bill passed through the Texas Senate and House last week. At the signing ceremony, Abbott was joined by fellow Republicans State Senator Bryan Hughes, State Rep. Andrew Murr, and Lt. Gov....
After several hours of public testimony on Monday, a Republican-led committee in the Texas House advanced Senate Bill 1, a GOP “election integrity” bill that would make it more difficult to access the ballot box. The bill passed the House Select Committee on...