May 10, 2019      6:00 PM

Voting rights fight could roil end of Texas legislative session

Sen. Hughes says he wants prosecutors prioritizing any case of voter fraud, others in the GOP push back arguing that “we should make it easy to vote, hard to cheat.”

Just as Texas retreats from a voting rights fight in federal court in San Antonio over the way embattled Secretary of State David Whitley handled the rollout of a botched voter purge, Senate Bill 9 by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R- Mineola, has the potential to inflame the situation if it gains traction in the House during the closing weeks of the session.

The possible debate also looms just as Texas House members were once again on Friday afternoon arguing about whether to make it harder for third-party candidates to be placed on the ballot.

By Andrew Turner

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