{"id":222,"date":"2023-04-18T16:37:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/release-fast-moving-slate-of-anti-voter-bills-in-texas-legislature-threaten-voting-rights\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T16:37:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:37:34","slug":"release-fast-moving-slate-of-anti-voter-bills-in-texas-legislature-threaten-voting-rights","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press\/release-fast-moving-slate-of-anti-voter-bills-in-texas-legislature-threaten-voting-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"RELEASE: Fast-Moving Slate of Anti-Voter Bills in Texas Legislature Threaten Voting Rights"},"template":"","class_list":["post-222","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Republican supermajorities in the country\u2019s second-most populous state consider ways to criminalize voting and create paths to overturn election results. \r\n","featured_image":"","press_type":153,"authors":[null],"related_issues":[93,117,406],"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":"AUSTIN<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0 Texas lawmakers have launched a coordinated attack on voting access this year, with dozens of anti-voter bills rapidly moving through the legislative process.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nBlack and Latino voters will be disproportionately harmed by this year\u2019s slate of proposals which range from more purges of eligible voters from voting rolls to bans on popular countywide voting options and dangerous new ways to criminalize voting, said Katya Ehresman, voting rights program manager for Common Cause Texas.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cTexas lawmakers are deploying racist and discriminatory tactics with new barriers designed to keep increasing young & diverse Texans from voting, as we are seeing all too clearly this legislative session,\u201d Ehresman said. \u201c<\/span>This onslaught of anti-voter bills is intended to inundate us, bury us, discourage us <\/span>\u2014 <\/span>individually, each bill chips a little away from voting rights for many communities, but put them together and it's potentially devastating for the future of voting in Texas.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nTexas\u2019 legislature meets once every two years, and has to finish its work by <\/span>May 29th<\/span>, leaving the public little opportunity to learn about, much less weigh in on, proposals being rushed through the legislative process.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe Senate could vote as soon as today<\/strong> on several anti-voter bills that Common Cause Texas\u00a0 is opposed to, including:\u00a0<\/span>\r\n