Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives were able to block even a tentative approval Sunday night One of the most banned election laws in the United States. The document, issued by Republicans, bans 24-hour polling stations, imposes new requirements for postal voting and tightens the conditions for identifying themselves, according to civil rights defenders. Discriminate the contribution of ethnic minorities in particular In the electoral process. President Joe Biden called the move an “attack on democracy.”

As midnight approached, after the deadline to pass the law passed, Democratic congressmen left the House until Republicans left. கோரம் It is necessary to vote. The lockout of Democrats is temporary Republicans control all instances of Texas power, They will return to place the voting plan. Governor Greg Abbott announced this Monday that he already approves a bill, but he has not set a date.

Since the 2020 presidential election, a dozen Republican-ruled states have achieved the highest turnout in 120 years: 67% of voters exercised their right to vote and gave Biden the presidency. Georgia and Florida have recently enacted regulations restricting the right to vote, and Arizona is making its own. These areas voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in November or gave Democrats at least a victory because they were traditionally Republicans.

The tightening of voting laws promoted by Republicans focused on the 2022 Legislature, which will now need to renew 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 out of 100 seats in the Senate. Democrats and Republicans want to snatch it then.

“Congressmen from Texas today have come up with a plan to join forces with Georgia and Florida in the attack on the right to sacred voting (…). This is an attack on democracy that we have seen many times this year, which affects black and brown Americans proportionately,” the U.S. president said this Saturday. The White House said in a statement.

The Republican-controlled Senate approved the reform at 6 a.m. Sunday. Voting on the bill begins later on Sunday, when it is learned that African Americans go to the polls first thing in the morning and then attend religious services. It also aims to remove the self-service polling stations used by more than 100,000 voters in the 2020 election in Harris County, the state’s largest Democratic stronghold, and those that were open 24 hours a day. As the initiative progresses, as planned, election observers of the parties will have a greater presence at the polls, and officials will face criminal sanctions if they send votes by mail to neighboring countries where they are not requested.