“It’s old Jim Crow dressed up in what our colleagues are calling election integrity,” one Democratic opponent of the bill said.
“It’s old Jim Crow dressed up in what our colleagues are calling election integrity,” Democratic Rep. Jessica González also said during debate, referencing the outsize impact voter suppression laws
The bill passed along party lines and now goes to a conference committee, where lawmakers will resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. It then must be approved by the House once more before heading back to the Senate, which can either accept the changes and send it to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk or continue debating the legislation.
Cain accepted about a dozen changes Democrats proposed, including ones scaling back the poll watchers’ abilities and minimizing the penalties for people who break rules laid out in the bill.
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