
Texas Democrats celebrate blocking restrictive voting bill, but warn of future threat to voting access
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Texas Democrats on Monday cheered their derailment of a restrictive voting bill, while warning of the continued threat of the legislation that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to bring back during a planned special session.
"Today is a great day, but I can't help but feeling bitter, disappointed, hurt," Texas state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, a San Antonio Democrat, told CNN on Monday. Democrats walked off the state House floor late Sunday night, leaving majority Republicans without the quorum they needed to approve the bill before a midnight deadline. This effectively killed the bill for this year's legislative session, but Abbott has already tweeted that he is adding "election integrity" to a list of topics lawmakers will address in a special session he plans to call.
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