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Texas Democrats launch aggressive voter-protection effort
There is a training session next weekend for voter protection that I will be attending. The Harris County party has a voter protection coordinator and the state party has hired staff.
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The Texas Democratic Party plans to announce Thursday that it is partnering with Fair Fight Action, the advocacy nonprofit organization started by former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, to launch an expansive voter-protection program.
Texas’s voter registration and participation rates are among the lowest in the country, which Democrats have long blamed, at least partly, on cumbersome registration rules and Republican-backed laws that they say make it much more difficult for Texans — especially those who are young, nonwhite or low-income — to vote.
“They just put up hurdle after hurdle for voters, and we need to be working year round,” said Rose Clouston, who was hired recently to be the state party’s first voter-protection director....
As part of the new voter-protection effort, Texas Democrats have hired two full-time staff members, plan to add two more in the next month and could continue to grow the team in the months ahead. The party will also create a voter-protection council that will pull together the many groups and individuals who are already working on these issues. During the general election this fall, the party plans to send volunteers to polling locations across the state to observe the process, answer questions from voters and ensure that all votes are counted properly.
The party has launched a hotline, 844-TX-VOTES, that Texans may call to receive information about registering and voting, or to report any irregularities or obstacles they encounter while trying to vote. In years past, the party has operated such a hotline just ahead of elections, but now the service will be available year round.
Texas’s voter registration and participation rates are among the lowest in the country, which Democrats have long blamed, at least partly, on cumbersome registration rules and Republican-backed laws that they say make it much more difficult for Texans — especially those who are young, nonwhite or low-income — to vote.
“They just put up hurdle after hurdle for voters, and we need to be working year round,” said Rose Clouston, who was hired recently to be the state party’s first voter-protection director....
As part of the new voter-protection effort, Texas Democrats have hired two full-time staff members, plan to add two more in the next month and could continue to grow the team in the months ahead. The party will also create a voter-protection council that will pull together the many groups and individuals who are already working on these issues. During the general election this fall, the party plans to send volunteers to polling locations across the state to observe the process, answer questions from voters and ensure that all votes are counted properly.
The party has launched a hotline, 844-TX-VOTES, that Texans may call to receive information about registering and voting, or to report any irregularities or obstacles they encounter while trying to vote. In years past, the party has operated such a hotline just ahead of elections, but now the service will be available year round.
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