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Texas’ GOP Legislature In Final Stretch Of Passing New Voter Restrictions

AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 06: on March 6, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images)
A line of early voters wait outside the Gardner Betts Annex on March 6, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images)
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May 10, 2021 1:49 p.m.

With the Texas House approving an election overhaul bill last week, the Republican-controlled legislature is entering the final stage of its push to impose new voter restrictions while giving partisan poll watchers more power at election sites.

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