On Monday, more than two dozen nonprofits, watchdog groups, and progressive organizations announced they would be uniting to create “Texas for All,” a coalition to fight voter suppression legislation. The coalition is being joined by the Texas Civil Rights...
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‘We are out of options’: State lawmakers plead with Congress to act on voting rights
Sixty-two Democrats from Texas are among more than 480 state legislators who have signed a letter to Congress urging leaders from both parties to pass voting rights and campaign finance reform legislation. The state lawmakers warned that 400 anti-voter bills...
Beto’s For the People Act rally draws thousands outside Texas Capitol
Texas' summer heat was beating down yesterday in Austin when former Congressman and presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke took the stage in front of thousands of onlookers. The crowd, which rally organizers estimated ran between 3,000-5,000 attendees and included...
Texas Democrats go to Washington to advocate for voting rights legislation
Less than two weeks after the historic walkout at the Capitol to stop Senate Bill 7, Texas House Democrats were again on the move, but this time nearly two thousand miles away in Washington, where some members even met with Vice President Kamala Harris. Members of the...
Beto talks voting rights, Houston crowd says ‘Run, Beto, Run’
Paying little attention to the heat advisory or soaring temperatures in Houston, hundreds showed up to hear former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke speak about voting and voting rights on Sunday. Much of the rally focused on the defeat of Senate Bill 7, the...
Beto O’Rourke takes his Drive for Democracy tour to North Texas
Beto O’Rourke is back on the road in Texas for a 22-stop (and counting) tour around the state called “Drive for Democracy.” And though these stops are meant to raise awareness around the latest Republican voter suppression efforts, for many it’s starting to feel like...
Texas Dems call on Congress to pass voting rights bill
After Texas Democrats broke quorum on May 30, numerous legislatures are calling on Congress to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Texas House Democrats held a town hall on Thursday to discuss the reaction since 67 Democrats killed...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett on why Texas Democrats cannot back down in the fight against voter suppression
For first-term State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, the legislative session in Texas was, to put it mildly, a “disappointment.” In an interview with Texas Signal, the Dallas-based civil rights attorney had a lot to say about the session, what comes next in the fight for...
The war over the future of Democracy in Texas is just beginning
When Governor Abbott declared voter suppression legislation to be an “emergency” priority item earlier this year, the smart money said that anti-voter bills were on a fast track to passage. Instead, the 87th Legislative Session ended in triumph for supporters of...