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AUSTIN — A divisive GOP elections bill that bans drive-through voting, empowers poll watchers and threatens election officials with new criminal penalties is on its way to Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it into law. The Republican-led Legislature greenlit the sweeping rewrite of Texas election laws on Tuesday, effectively ending Democrats’ monthslong crusade to derail the legislation …

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