'Confusion was always the point. This was never actually about making sure that we can have free and fair elections.'
the measure will disproportionately impact the poor, the elderly, people with disabilities, and people of color.in the courts, much of the law is now in effect—and the results have been nightmarish, according to news reports, advocates on the ground, and Texas election administrators.
James Slattery, senior staff attorney for the Voting Rights Program at the Texas Civil Rights Project, said in a statement Monday that"the difficulties voters in Texas are experiencing right now were predictable when state leaders voted on Senate Bill 1—and we said as much to the Legislature last summer."
"The effects of your apparent neglect in the last few months are now being felt by Texas voters across the state," the groups wrote of Scott's brief tenure as Texas' secretary of state.
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