The Texas Senate approves a bill to ban countywide voting on Election Day. The bill would require people to vote at their assigned precinct rather than at countywide voting centers.
Voters wait in line on Nov. 3, 2020, in Austin, Texas. Under a bill passed by the Texas Senate, countywide voting on Election Day would be prohibited.The Texas Senate on Thursday approved a bill to ban countywide voting on Election Day, part of a pattern of legislation aimed at tightening election laws in red-leaning states., which passed on a party-line vote, would require people to vote at their assigned precinct on Election Day rather than at countywide voting centers.
"There’s no basis, there’s no proof, there’s no evidence that someone has voted in more than one location. You’re going on some theoretical approach here," state Sen. Carol Alvarado, a Democrat, said, calling Hall's position a"very weak case."currently have permission from the secretary of state's office to use countywide polling places on Election Day. State Sen.
Hall responded that the bill was about security, not convenience. He also argued that requiring people to vote in one location in their neighborhood would increase accessibility, saying elections"can’t get much more convenient than voting in your own neighborhood." He suggested that people had used countywide voting sites to cast multiple ballots. When Democrats pressed him to name counties where election fraud occurred, Hall said that the current system of election management made it"virtually impossible" to audit votes.
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