Double standard? Texas assigns unusual urgency to Democratic county's election mishaps
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The Texas GOP is using election lies to win political points with its base and take control of the state's largest Democratic district. With little evidence of any election fraud in recent years, Gov. Abbott and his hand-picked Secretary of State are trying to throw Harris County into disarray just before it holds its mayoral election — and then give themselves the power to "oversee" what they deem is potential voter fraud. This is a dangerous power grab that violates Texas' Constitution and the sovereignty of its local election officers.
These laws are not power grabs but rather a reasonable response to Harris County election administrators' failure to send out millions of ballots to voters by election day 2022. If the Democrats wish to discuss voter suppression, they should think about how their election officers failed to provide the physical ballots necessary for Texans to cast their votes. The legislature has the power and the duty to ensure its constituents' voting rights are not at the mercy of incompetent, if not malicious, local politicians.