AUSTIN — Senate Democrats offered up their own elections overhaul legislation Friday that aims to make voting more accessible, a counter to the GOP’s priority bills that they say would suppress votes, especially those of Black and Latino Texans. Named for Barbara Jordan, the state’s first Black female senator, the Democrats’ bill would usher in online and same-day voter registration, allow all …
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July 10, 2021