Democratic lawmakers flee Texas to thwart Republican voting restrictions

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The curbs would add new identification requirements to mail-in voting and empower partisan poll watchers. FMTNews Texas

Democratic caucus members of the Texas House join a rally to support voting rights in Austin last week.

Calling from an aeroplane headed to Washington DC, on Monday afternoon, Texas State Representative Alex Dominguez told Reuters that “nearly everyone” in the House of Representatives’ 67-member Democratic caucus had fled the state. “If they keep wanting to throw oppressive bills, then we’ll keep fighting them, in whatever way we have to,” Dominguez said.

Democratic lawmakers staged a similar walkout on May 30 to boycott a vote on an earlier version of the voting legislation just before the legislature’s regular session ended, prompting Abbott to call the special session.“The Democrats must put aside partisan political games and get back to the job they were elected to do,” Abbott said.

 

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