TX Bill Seeks Power To Overturn Blue County Elections

Talking Points Memo reports:

Republican members of the Texas state legislature introduced a slate of bills Thursday designed to subvert election processes and curb voting rights in the state. One of them would even allow the Texas Secretary of State to overturn election results in the state’s largest Democratic-leaning county, with very little rationale for doing so.

On Thursday, Republican state senators introduced Senate Bill 1993, a bill targeting Harris County, a diverse region that includes Houston and is also the most populous county in Texas. State Republicans quietly introduced the bills in the State Affairs Committee on Thursday morning—without giving the mandatory 48-hour notice.

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SB1993 author Sen. Mayes Middleton [photo] last appeared here for his bill to prosecute and disbar members of a law firm for “reimbursing travel costs of employees who leave Texas to murder their unborn children.”

Pretty wild: A bill in Texas would allow the SOS to overturn election results in Harris, Dallas, Bexar and other populous counties #SB1993 https://t.co/xeM2uEdwqQ

— Aaron Mendelson (@a_mendelson) March 29, 2023

❌SB 1993 – Gives the Secretary of State authority to overturn Harris County Elections

❌SB 823/HB 2020 – Gives the Secretary of State authority to fire election administrators without just cause

❌SB 260 – Removes eligible Texas voters from the voter file

— NextGen America (@NextGenAmerica) March 30, 2023

Texas GOP Proposes Bill To Allow Sec Of State To Overturn Election Results In State’s Largest Blue County https://t.co/CkFcUpk4pn

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 30, 2023