Democrats are lying (again) about “voter suppression” in the Texas reforms. Biden (again) called them “Jim Crow” laws.
So, does anything in these bills amount to “voter suppression?” Of course not. Here’s what the bills do:
1. Bans paid ballot harvesting, the practice of gathering and submitting complete absentee or mail-in voter ballots by third-party individuals, volunteers or party workers, rather than submission by voters themselves directly to ballot collection sites.
And for those on the left who say that these requirements “suppress minority votes,” the data doesn’t back that up.
Voter ID has “no negative effect on registration or turnout, overall or for any group defined by race, gender, age, or party affiliation.”
3. Sets uniform voting times for early voting to reduce confusion while expanding hours on the weekend. This fixes the different voting times in different counties that confused voters.
4. Ensures accountability at the polls by allowing poll watchers to observe election workers, improving transparency and confidence in the results.
5. Strengthens the ban on unmanned mail-in drop boxes and prohibits unsolicited distribution of mail-in ballot applications by public officials.
6. Sets uniform procedures for verifying the authenticity of mail-in ballots while also giving voters the chance to correct mistakes if they are discovered.
7. Requires those assisting voters with filling out their ballots to complete a form verifying their identity and to take an oath stating that they will not try to influence a voter one way or another.
8. Ends the temporary, emergency measures that were put in place solely because of the pandemic like drive-thru voting and 24-hour early voting.
These options never existed before the pandemic, even though Democrats want you to believe we are ending a long-standing practice.
9. Does any of this amount to voter suppression? Or “Jim Crow” laws, which explicitly suppressed voters with poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses?
Not even close. And BTW, Texas STILL has more opportunities to vote than Joe Biden’s home state.