Beto O'Rourke On GOP Voting Rules: 'We Might Lose This Democracy Forever' - Ali Velshi - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Former Congressman Beto O'Rourke and Lina Hidalgo, Harris County, Texas executive, talk with Ali Velshi about pushing back against new voting rules in Texas that are designed to suppress votes from specific segments of the voting population. Aired on 05/27/2021.

[TexasTowelie]

1. All I can say is that I rode the bus, crossed a four-lane road, and wheeled myself up a hill

just so that I could vote on Election Day. I dare anyone to get in my way to obstruct me from voting. It's important that Beto and Lina are drawing attention to this self-serving legislation.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Beto is right, of course - we need to increase voter participation, not prevent it!

Kudos to you for making the effort, so many people would just have blown it off...

It was tougher for me than usual, too - I hoped to participate in Early Voting (the fist time it was ever offered here), but I checked more than once and the line went around the building, once in pouring rain! But this was at the County Election Headquarters, so I just stayed up and went to my regular polling place first thing on election day. There was still a pretty long line, but nothing like the county site, and it moved pretty fast. But I fear for the next election after all these unprecedented efforts to restrict voting throughout the country...