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The Texas Tribune reports:
Countywide polling locations on Election Day would be banned in Texas under a bill approved by the Texas Senate on Thursday. Senate Bill 990, authored by Republican Sen. Bob Hall [photo] of Edgewood, passed 17-12 along party lines. The bill — if approved by the state House — would eliminate countywide voting centers on Election Day and require residents to vote at an assigned precinct, typically in their neighborhood. Larger voting centers would be permitted through early voting.
Currently, 90 counties — including large metro counties like Harris and Dallas as well as rural ones — are approved by the secretary of state’s office to use countywide voting centers on Election Day. On the Senate floor on Thursday, Democratic lawmakers repeatedly asked Hall for concrete evidence of inaccurate vote counts. He first said there is no tangible evidence. “The data is so carefully guarded and kept from the public it is almost impossible to get the information,” Hall said.
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Basically, the bill seeks to make it difficult for people to vote near their workplace. Hall first appeared on JMG in 2016 when he introduced a bill that would have overturned all local LGBT rights ordinances in Texas. We heard from him again in 2020 when he refused to allow the “unnatural” Log Cabin Republicans to become an official affiliate of the state GOP. In March 2021, Hall appeared here when he proposed allowing concealed carry in public schools. Also in 2021, he proposed banning all public and private employers from requiring the COVID vaccine.
Countywide polling locations on Election Day would be banned in Texas under a bill approved by the Texas Senate.
The bill’s sponsor, without showing evidence, said the practice wasn’t secure despite years of successful elections in Texas with the system.https://t.co/dYW9TxsiwC
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) April 20, 2023