Texans reportedly waited 17 hours until the middle of the night to testify on GOP voting restriction

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Texans who wished to testify before the state legislature Saturday about GOP-backed measures to introduce new voting restrictions had to wait for up to 17 hours, the Texas Tribune reported.

Some people arrived Saturday morning at the Texas State Capitol as early as 6 a.m., according to the report, but they wouldn't get the opportunity to speak until after 1:40 a.m. on Sunday.

Many of the 295 people who signed up to testify before the House had arrived by 8 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Tribune, and most of them came to speak in opposition to Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 3, the Republican attempts to enact tougher voting restrictions.

The bills aim to enact restrictions on voting local voting initiatives, including drive-thru voting, 24-hour voting, and voting by mail. The bills would prohibit local elections officials from proactively sending out mail-in ballot applications and allow for more partisan poll watchers, according to the Tribune.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/texans-reportedly-waited-17-hours-and-until-the-middle-of-the-night-to-testify-on-gop-voting-restrictions-bill/ar-AAM1wR6

[spanone]

1. Texas gqp...awesome profiles in cowardice.

[mdbl]

2. just another basket of assholes,, err I mean deplorable.

[Trueblue Texan]

3. I testified before a TX Senate committee once...

...the senators, mostly Republican knew my testimony from a previous hearing. I didn't get to testify until 4 a.m. I don't know if they do this in other state legislatures, but it's not unusual in Texas, especially if they don't want to hear what you have to say.

[ZonkerHarris]

5. what utter cowards they are. Big tough texans huh? not.

[not a texan]

4. Were people allowed to offer them water?

Just asking

[pandr32]

6. It seems the bill also aims to enact restrictions on speaking

[crimycarny]

7. So suppression laws may backfire ?

From the article "most of them came to speak in opposition to Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 3". Those are the ones with the strength of will to wait 17 hours to testify.

Look at the most fervent Trump supporters. They tend to be less educated, poor, and in rural areas. The voter suppression laws will most likely affect many of these Trump supporters as well. I don't see ANY of these Trump supporters standing around for hours to vote. They love to whine, loudly, but when it comes to being inconvenienced I don't see them doing much but staying home and b*tching. "I can't take time off to wait in line for an hour! It's those d*mm liberals!".

Yes, we have to fight these voter suppression laws at every turn but I'm hopeful any that are able to sneak through won't going to work anyway (and can eventually be overturned). The Democratic party has always had a stronger "get out the vote" game. Those who these suppression laws are meant to hurt the most are used to long lines, obstacles, and have much stronger strength of will and conviction. The GOP voter, particularly Trumpers, aren't used to being inconvenienced. I just don't see many GOP voters being able to deal with long lines, etc.

[blogslug]

8. Here's the testimony of one of those Texas citizens

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