Julian Castro, Beto O'Rourke join hundreds at Texas Capitol rally against voting bills [View all]
Hundreds of people rallied Saturday morning on the steps of the Capitol to protest voter suppression and oppose a pair of bills that would make it more difficult for residents to vote.
Saturday’s rally was organized by a number of groups, such as MOVE Texas, the Texas Freedom Network and Texas Rising, and the speakers included former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro and civil rights advocate Rosie Castro.
State House Bill 6 and Senate Bill 7 have both passed in their respective chambers and need to go through the conference committee process before returning to the House and Senate floors. Republicans argue the bills are needed to combat voting fraud and bolster the public’s confidence in election results.
Democrats say widespread election fraud is a myth and that these GOP-sponsored election measures are intended to suppress voting rights, particularly among those who are young, nonwhite or have a disability — voters who not coincidentally tend to favor Democrats.
Read more: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/05/08/julian-castro-beto-orourke-join-texas-capitol-rally-voting-rights/4999490001/
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