election integrity bill

Texas 09/07/21, 15:43

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a new election integrity bill into law that is promised to make it "easier to vote and harder to cheat" on Sept. 7. "Election integrity is now law in Texas," he said on Twitter. The governor revealed the legislation increases identification requirements. It also makes it ...

Washington 07/31/21, 03:10

Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee was arrested Thursday, July 29, while participating in a voting protest in Washington. Lee headed a march of Black voting rights activists outside a Senate Hart Building to protest the passing of Democrats-backed legislation on voting rights, For the People Act. The bills passed the House ...

Texas 07/14/21, 23:15

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, on Wednesday, July 14, told the state’s Democratic lawmakers who fled to Washington D.C. and intentionally avoided doing their job to return their pay that costs the state hundreds of thousands of dollars. “Texas Democrats currently in Washington continue to collect their legislative per diem of ...

Texas 07/14/21, 01:20

The Texas Senate on Tuesday, July 13, passed a GOP-backed election integrity bill that will ban drive-thru voting and require video surveillance. However, some Democratic senators fled the state seeking to avoid voting on election bills. In an 18-4 party-line vote, the state’s Senate passed the bill, known as Senate Bill 1, ...

Texas 07/11/21, 03:29

Lawmakers of Texas will look at new election integrity legislation on Saturday, July 10, after Democrats staged a mass walkout last month. The hearings for the new set of “election integrity” legislation SB 1 and HB 3 were proposed by the GOP senators of Texas.  On Thursday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ...

U.S. 05/07/21, 03:59

On Thursday, May 6, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed into law the Georgia-style election bill backed by Republicans, which places more restrictions on mail-in voting and ballot drop boxes, reducing risks of forged voting results.  Senate Bill 90 puts a limit on where drop boxes shall be placed, as well ...

U.S. 05/01/21, 02:33

The conservative group Job Creators Network said they contacted Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey to discuss the new legislation on election integrity law in Georgia, following remarks that the company was open for exchanges. Still, so far, Quincey has not responded, according to Just the News. Since the introduction of the new ...

U.S. 04/22/21, 02:56

Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed two voting bills into law on Monday, April 19, in advance of the 2022 race. One new bill will "prohibit registering to vote on Election Day—a practice more than 60,000 voters in the state have done between 2006 and 2018 alone—and ending a previous rule ...

U.S. 04/04/21, 15:23

During an appearance on Fox's "Tucker Show Tonight" Friday, April 2, Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) asserted the state's stance in the face of corporate influence over Georgia State Assembly's push for voter integrity.  As the show's host Tucker Carlson questioned whether the public outcry on corporates would be able to affect ...

U.S. 04/02/21, 03:07

The Republican-led Texas Senate passed a bill on Thursday, April 1, that restricts mail-in and curbside voting. Texas Senate passed the bill 18-13, mainly along party lines, CBS Austin reported. The bill eliminates 24-hour voting, limiting hours from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., as well as drive-through voting lanes, requiring residents to exit ...