{"id":191,"date":"2021-10-04T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T11:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/texas-state-legislature-to-consider-election-intimidation-bill\/"},"modified":"2021-10-04T11:30:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T11:30:42","slug":"texas-state-legislature-to-consider-election-intimidation-bill","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press\/texas-state-legislature-to-consider-election-intimidation-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas State Legislature to Consider Election Intimidation Bill"},"template":"","class_list":["post-191","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Today, SB 9, a bill designed to intimidate and discourage Texans from exercising their freedom to vote was introduced in the Texas State Senate. The legislation is being heard after Governor Abbott requested that the legislature take up the bill, without citing any facts or reputable sources to support his claims. ","featured_image":"","press_type":153,"authors":[null],"related_issues":[117,406],"related_work":false,"location":52},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Today, SB 9, a bill designed to intimidate and discourage Texans from exercising their freedom to vote was introduced in the Texas State Senate. The legislation is being heard after Governor Abbott\u00a0<\/span>requested<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that the legislature\u00a0take\u00a0up the bill, without citing any facts or reputable sources to support his claims.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n

Statement of Common Cause Texas Associate Director Stephanie G\u00f3mez<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\r\nDespite the twin challenges of an aging energy grid\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic, this Governor\u00a0remains focused on\u00a0continuing to\u00a0limit our freedom to vote.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nWe are no\u00a0better\u00a0prepared to face\u00a0a fast-approaching winter\u00a0than we were nearly a year ago when\u00a0nearly\u00a0<\/span>200<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Texans died\u00a0because of\u00a0our failing energy grid.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nIn the last month,\u00a0more than\u00a0<\/span>270<\/span><\/a>\u00a0COVID\u00a0deaths were reported every\u00a0single day.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd still,\u00a0this Governor is more focused on limiting our\u00a0freedom\u00a0to vote than\u00a0protecting our lives.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThis bill is\u00a0meant\u00a0to scare voters from casting a ballot and\u00a0from\u00a0participating\u00a0in our democracy. No Texan should ever have to fear exercising their constitutional freedom to vote. Sadly, that\u2019s exactly what this Governor wants.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nHow much more money and time are we going to spend entertaining Governor\u00a0Abbott\u2019s charade?\u00a0This will only\u00a0continue to distract and divide us from coming together to address our state\u2019s biggest challenges.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nWe\u00a0urge\u00a0Governor Abbott and\u00a0this legislature to stop taking up the priorities of partisan national actors and\u00a0start\u00a0solving\u00a0the problems\u00a0Texans want addressed today.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nEnd this election circus\u00a0now.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nTexas State Legislature to Consider Election Intimidation Bill - Common Cause Texas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/texas-state-legislature-to-consider-election-intimidation-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Texas State Legislature to Consider Election Intimidation Bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press\/texas-state-legislature-to-consider-election-intimidation-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Texas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/texas-state-legislature-to-consider-election-intimidation-bill\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/texas-state-legislature-to-consider-election-intimidation-bill\/\",\"name\":\"Texas State Legislature to Consider Election Intimidation Bill - 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