This law is simply blatant cheating. How can such a law be passed and made legitimate in a so-called Democracy? This country is broken from the foundation up. Any political party that has stooped to this level has no policies the people would want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The GOP-controlled Texas Senate on Tuesday passed a proposal allowing the state to overturn elections in Harris County, home to the state\u2019s most populous city Houston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The legislation penalizes county officials for running out of ballot paper at some voting sites in the 2022 election, the Houston Chronicle reported<\/a>. Still, more importantly, it gives Republican Gov. Greg Abbott<\/a> \u201cprecedent-setting\u201d power to undo election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The measure would give Abbott\u2019s appointed secretary of state the authority to hold a new election in the county if it runs out of paper at 2% or more of its polling sites for more than an hour, the newspaper noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Texas Gov. Greg Abbott would have precedent-setting power to reverse elections if the bill passes as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill\u2019s Republican co-author, state Sen. Mayes Middleton, said, \u201cThere is no excuse why we can\u2019t competently run our elections and have adequate ballot paper.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n But Senate Democrats saw the move as simply handing the governor a way to reverse results as Republicans like former President Donald Trump and losing Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake tried to do<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harris County, which once skewed Republican, voted nearly 56% Democratic<\/a> in the last presidential election. Abbott and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz lost<\/a> the county<\/a> in recent re-election races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou want to vest in a political appointee the ability to make a decision as to whether or not an election should be overturned and reheld?\u201d state Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee told the Chron that the bill was \u201cabout targeting the largest county in the state, which is led by people of color.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n County Commissioner Adrian Garcia said it was a form of \u201celection denial.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill now goes to the Republican-controlled Texas House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Middleton said the shortage \u201cstopped countless people from voting on election day,\u201d\u00a0Fox 26 reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But a Houston Chronicle study<\/a> concluded that the paper shortage did not alter the outcome of the elections in Harris County, defying Republican claims of voter suppression in GOP-leaning areas. There was \u201cno evidence voters were systematically disenfranchised,\u201d according to the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abbott had previously said the paper shortage would \u201cnecessitate new laws<\/a>\u201d directed at Harris County, Newsweek reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n