{"id":230998,"date":"2021-03-16T16:31:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T20:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=230998"},"modified":"2021-03-16T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T20:32:14","slug":"texas-unveils-bills-to-prevent-election-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-unveils-bills-to-prevent-election-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas unveils bills to prevent election fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-unveils-bills-to-prevent-election-fraud%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=230998&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2387661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2387661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AUSTIN, TX \u2013 OCTOBER 13: A poll worker stamped a ballot before dropping it at ballot drop off location on October 13, 2020 in Austin, Texas.&nbsp; (Photo by Sergio Flores\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:20 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, March 16, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The state of Texas is taking decisive steps to prevent fraud and manipulations in its elections. On Tuesday, the Republican Party of Texas unveiled a series of bills to tighten requirements for voter ID, limit early voting and outlaw the universal mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n<p>The bills are backed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) and the GOP majority in the state legislature.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Election Integrity is a top priority.<\/p>\n<p>Today I joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamBettencourt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeamBettencourt<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BriscoeCain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BriscoeCain<\/a> to announce bills in the Texas Senate &amp; House that promote voting while preventing voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Every can agree that we must have trust &amp; confidence in elections. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oh3EzOdaby\">https:\/\/t.co\/Oh3EzOdaby<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1371664907335303169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Texas Republicans cited numerous violations in Harris County, where local officials sent out ballots to everyone and then allowed drive-through voting.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott said proven cases of voter fraud were somehow favoring the Democrat Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis last election we saw poll watchers being denied the ability to do their job,\u201d Abbott stated. \u201cWhat we have found in the past, there have been some local elections, the outcome of which was altered by election fraud that took place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott also refuted Democrat claims of so-called \u201cvoter suppression.\u201d He said a record high number of people voted in Texas last year, and all legal votes were counted properly and on time.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sen-mcconnell-warns-democrats-about-eliminating-filibuster\/\">Sen. McConnell Warns Democrats About Eliminating Filibuster<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, TX \u2013 OCTOBER 13: A poll worker stamped a ballot before dropping it at ballot drop off location on October 13, 2020 in Austin, Texas.\u00a0 (Photo by Sergio Flores\/Getty &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2275702,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2275702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}