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Debate on the contentious Senate Bill 1 resumes after enough Democratic lawmakers returned to the state last week.
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While Republicans' legislation includes a provision to give some people more notice of when they aren't legally allowed to vote, the bill also would add new criminal penalties.
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A federal court ruled Texas was violating the National Voter Registration Act by not allowing people to register when they updated their drivers' license information online while allowing it in person.
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LBJ School professor Sherri Greenberg says this time around, Democrats might have a bit more leverage than they did in 2003.
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A majority of Democrats in the Texas House left for Washington, D.C., Monday afternoon in a bid to again deny Republicans the quorum needed to pass new voting restrictions with 26 days left in a special legislative session called largely for that purpose.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is prosecuting Hervis Rogers, who allegedly voted before his parole ended. Paxton has made prosecuting alleged cases of voter fraud a core mission of his office.
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The lawsuit marks the first major action from the Biden administration to combat a series of new restrictive voting measures passed by Republican-led state legislatures.
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The GOP has filibustered Democrats' massive bill that's aimed at protecting and expanding voting rights and reforming campaign finance laws.
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All they could get was a temporary win. But the lawmakers said taking the extraordinary measure of breaking quorum was justified by the harm they felt their mostly Black and Hispanic constituents would face under the GOP’s voting bill.
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Advocates say the timelines for public input are too short and there needs to be more opportunities for virtual input during the pandemic.