reform bill, but more than a week after he and his colleagues flew off to Washington, D.C., he has decided to go back home and address the issue.
Cortez posted a statement online explaining that he was asked by fellow Democrats in his home state to come back and help them work on improving the bill."I proudly stood with my Democratic colleagues and left Texas to ensure House Bill 3 would not be approved as introduced. A small working group of Democrats decided to begin active discussions here in Austin on improving HB 3 and asked that I return to establish open communication lines," Cortez said.
Abhi Rahmen, a spokesperson for the group still in D.C., told Fox News that no more members are planning to go back to Texas.Gov. Greg Abbott had called the special session in order to address a number of issues, including election integrity. Bills in the State House and Senate would outlaw unsolicited applications for absentee ballots and require either a driver's license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number on an absentee ballot.
Cortez is the second Democrat to leave the group in D.C. and return home, after state Rep. Harold Dutton left for family reasons, according to the
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