Senate Passes More Measures to Improve Elections
With just six weeks left in the Texas Legislature’s regular session, Erin Anderson reports the Senate continues passing measures to fix weaknesses in the election process. Meanwhile, the House has yet to advance any election integrity proposals.
https://texasscorecard.com/state/texas-senate-passes-more-measures-to-improve-elections/
The latest measures to pass the Senate include several filed by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) in direct response to a string of botched elections in Democrat-controlled Harris County. The county is refusing to release public records from the November 2022 election, which was bungled so badly that it sparked multiple lawsuits and a criminal investigation.
Among the proposals passed by the Senate is a new law increasing penalties for intentionally failing to deliver election supplies to a polling place, obstructing the distribution of election supplies, and revealing election results before polls close. Senators also passed what Bettencourt bragged is “the best voter audit bill in the country.”
Only one elections-related measure has made it to the House floor—legislation further regulating political parties. The House Elections Committee has yet to schedule hearings on any Senate bills.
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