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Pam Keith, Esq.
@PamKeithFL
This isnt just shitty and stupid... its unconstitutional
The Hummingbird 🐦
@SaysHummingbird
This is despicable.
Make his name & face known.
A bill by @SenBryanHughes will DISALLOW driving of elderly, disabled, or poor people to the polls -- making it illegal in Texas to drive vans with the elderly from nursing homes, disabled people, poor people who dont have cars.
KPN
(15,646 posts)a ride to and where! This dog wont hunt buddy. Go back under your rock.
LeftInTX
(25,395 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Lovie777
(12,281 posts)now no rides . . . . .
republicans know they do not have majority of the voters and they should know why, but alas ......
They don't care.
Tracyjo
(729 posts)because they know how to cheat!
knightmaar
(748 posts)Still bad, but not that bad, only applies to drive thru voting.
https://apnews.com/article/301d8df1557b486f8bde568edf562bc6
Its only if you are driving three or more people who are physically disabled who want to vote curbside from the polls, allowing them to vote from their car, Sam Taylor, a spokesman for the Texas secretary of states office, told The Associated Press.
In those cases, drivers would need to fill out a form providing their name, address, relationship to the voters and the reason for the transportation to the poll.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)yet another bothersome extra thing to worry about when going to vote... they are snakes!
MissMillie
(38,562 posts)Last edited Thu Apr 1, 2021, 09:22 AM - Edit history (1)
but it's worth looking into whether the bill was filed and what happened to it.
LeftInTX
(25,395 posts)Demsrule86
(68,599 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Or... used to be.
The GOP is apparently self-defeating.
Fullduplexxx
(7,866 posts)In my car on any given day
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Isn't there a large movement in parts of the country for churches to take voters to the polls in vans?
nattyice
(331 posts)shrike3
(3,634 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)We are witnessing full on Authoritarianism. This might even top the Georgia no food and water in line clause.
Hope this gets done away with one ay or another.
dalton99a
(81,526 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)Michigan will need to leave it.
Habitation
(5,644 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,552 posts)My "turf" consisted of several areas of senior housing. Some of them expressed a need for a ride to the polls, so on election day we showed up and drove them as promised, no questions asked, it's what you do.