AUSTIN — After outcries from tea party activists in his party, Gov. Greg Abbott has added a new subject to the agenda of the year’s third special legislative season: increasing penalties for illegal voting back to where they were before he signed an “election integrity” bill earlier this month. Although “Texas has made tremendous progress in upholding the integrity of …
Read More »Weeks after Texas lawmakers reduce illegal voting penalty, Gov. Greg Abbott asks them to increase it
October 1, 2021