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Tarrant County judge schedules meeting amid controversy over youth voting measures
Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare has reportedly scheduled a special meeting of the Commissioners Court to consider two controversial voter suppression proposals on Thursday. The meeting is set for a day when the Court’s two Democratic members will be out of the state, absences that Judge O’Hare was informed about over a month ago.
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Texas GOP proposes electoral college system for statewide elections
AUSTIN — Over the holiday weekend, Texas lawmakers voted to create a platform that would establish a statewide “electoral college.” The platform includes a call for a constitutional amendment requiring statewide candidates running for office to carry a majority of Texas’ 254 counties to win an election. Lawmakers plan to finalize the platform today.
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Senate committee considers ending long-standing countywide polling place program
DALLAS – As voters participate in the primary runoff elections today, state leaders are preparing for a hearing tomorrow where some legislators will advocate ending the Countywide Polling Place program (CWPP). The Republican platform, adopted over the weekend, calls for terminating the CWPP.
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Common Cause Texas Calls Out Lawmakers’ Response to UT Austin Protests
AUSTIN – Yesterday, more than 50 students were arrested on the University of Texas campus during a peaceful protest in response to the war in Gaza. Also arrested was a photographer covering the protest for Fox 7 Austin. News of the arrests was applauded by conservative politicians, chiefly Governor Greg Abbott who posted on X “Arrests being made right now & will continue until the crowd disperses. These protesters belong in jail.” Governor Abbott’s deployment of more than 100 Department of Public Safety troopers comes in the wake of an order he issued on March 27th warning...
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Common Cause Texas criticizes response to UT Austin protests
AUSTIN – Yesterday, more than 50 students were arrested on the University of Texas campus during a peaceful protest in response to the war in Gaza. Also arrested was a photographer covering the protest for Fox 7 Austin.