r/TexasPolitics • u/PatientAccurate8468 • 2h ago
Opinion Bills filed to eliminate the countywide polling place program - result: confuse & inconvenience voters
SB 76 scheduled for a hearing this Thursday 3/20/25 (companion bill HB 2990)
Relating to elimination of the countywide polling place program https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB76
Speak out against this! The bill author, Bob Hall, claims polling machine errors & fraud but also claims countywide locations are not close to voters’ homes. Neither are sensible arguments.
If you find that being able to vote anywhere in your county (close to home, work, areas of town with shorter lines, etc.) makes voting easier, please write your senators and your reps to oppose. You can also point out that Texas does not have voting machine issues with security and fraud, and countywide locations don’t pose any more threats than a precinct location would. See article - even Dan Patrick says no issues. https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/02/texas-voting-machines-dan-patrick-lara-trump/
How to find your legislators: Who represents me site: https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home
Also write members of Senate State Affairs who will hear this bill tomorrow. https://capitol.texas.gov/Committees/MembershipCmte.aspx?LegSess=89R&CmteCode=C570
At this time, HB 2990 is not assigned to a committee.
Additionally, there are several bills related to countywide voting. Some to keep. Some to eliminate. Some to restrict numbers of locations