{"id":546887,"date":"2021-05-31T11:35:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=546887"},"modified":"2021-05-31T11:35:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:35:25","slug":"democrats-prevent-texas-voting-bill-from-passing-with-a-walk-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-prevent-texas-voting-bill-from-passing-with-a-walk-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Prevent Texas Voting Bill From Passing With A Walk Out"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdemocrats-prevent-texas-voting-bill-from-passing-with-a-walk-out%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=546887&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--><p>Texas Democrats successfully executed a rare legislative move to temporarily prevent a voting integrity bill from passing Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic state representatives walked out of the Texas Capitol chamber by 10:45 p.m. Sunday night in protest of a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/05\/major-league-baseball-all-star-game-colorado-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sweeping bill<\/a> that would establish new voting-related crimes, The Dallas Morning News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/2021\/05\/30\/debate-on-sweeping-texas-elections-bill-stretches-into-the-early-morning-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. With Democrats vacating the chamber, or breaking quorum, Republicans were forced to abandon the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used all the tools in our toolbox to fight his bill and tonight we pulled out that last one, and we used what the rule book allows,\u201d Democratic State Rep. Nicole Collier told reporters afterward, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/politics\/texas\/article\/Democrats-voting-restrictions-bill-Texas-16213706.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Houston Chronicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats\u2019 move marked just the fourth time Texas lawmakers have pulled such a stunt, according to The Dallas Morning News. Lawmakers previously broke quorum in protest of legislation in 1870, 1979 and 2003. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/06\/sheila-jackson-lee-cnn-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Texas Dem Refuses To Call For Boycotts, But Encourages \u2018Corporate America\u2019 To Apply Pressure Over Voter Integrity Bill)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Texas State Senate had passed the bill earlier Sunday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tx-state-wire-texas-government-and-politics-92d26e25c9db88a32e0fda890773b908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7203248\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7203248\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7203248 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054446-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"A poll worker helps a voter at a mail-in ballot drop off location on Oct. 13 in Austin, Texas. (Sergio Flores\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054446-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054446-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054446-620x414-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054446-768x513-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054446-1536x1025-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054446-2048x1367-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7203248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A poll worker helps a voter at a mail-in ballot drop off location on Oct. 13 in Austin, Texas. (Sergio Flores\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Democratic Texas State Rep. Carl Sherman said breaking quorum was the \u201conly option,\u201d according to The Dallas Morning News. Republicans sought to silence Democrats and prevent debate on the bill, he added.<\/p>\n<p>However, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who promised to sign the bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-statement-on-election-integrity-bail-reform-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> late Sunday he would add the legislation \u2013 in addition to a bail reform bill that Democrats also killed \u2013 to a special session and that lawmakers are expected to have worked out their differences before then.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 Texas legislative session ended Monday, meaning bills not passed would effectively be dead for the year unless revived in a special session, according to The Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI declared Election Integrity and Bail Reform to be must-pass emergency items for this legislative session,\u201d Abbott said in a statement. \u201cIt is deeply disappointing and concerning for Texans that neither will reach my desk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnsuring the integrity of our elections and reforming a broken bail system remain emergencies in Texas,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>If passed, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/01\/sweeping-bill-limiting-mail-drive-thru-voting-advances-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voting integrity legislation<\/a> would halt early voting at 9 p.m., end drive-thru voting, limit vote-by-mail, allow poll watchers to freely roam polling places and create penalties for election officials who count invalid ballots or reject valid ballots, according to the Houston Chronicle. It would also allow judges to overturn an election\u2019s results if the margin of victory was less than the number of invalid ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Democrats successfully executed a rare legislative move to temporarily prevent a voting integrity bill from passing Sunday night.Democratic state representatives walked out of the Texas Capitol chamber by 10:45 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313588,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054446-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Democrats Prevent Texas Voting Bill From Passing With A Walk Out","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054446-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Democrats Prevent Texas Voting Bill From Passing With A Walk Out","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546887","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=546887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}