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Today we’re releasing an alarming video of a GOP “Election Integrity Brigade" virtual launch where they detail plans to build an army of poll watchers who will have the “courage” to go into Black and Brown neighborhoods More: bit.ly/3cYIh8Q #txlege #HB6 #SB7

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What we see in this video is a concrete, real-world example of why it is a downright dangerous idea to expand poll watcher powers while removing the ability of election workers to kick a disruptive poll watcher out - which is precisely what #HB6 does #txlege

2:39 PM · Apr 8, 2021

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The myth of voter fraud is frequently used to target communities of color to delegitimize their vote and silence the voice of a rising electorate that simply wants to claim their rightful place in our democracy. It has to stop

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to point out where the voter suppression is in #HB6 👉 This video clearly shows how the poll watcher provisions are discriminatory & downright dangerous #txlege

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Apr 10, 2021

Appreciate all the RT’s y’all! Making noise and being loud is working! Media is paying attention - just gotta keep the pressure on so we can kill #SB7 and #HB6 and keep the partisan poll watchers described in the leaked video from being given new powers to disrupt voting #txlege

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Apr 10, 2021

“Common Cause Texas is one of the organizations that - no matter what year or what else is going on - we are out there fighting to make sure every eligible Texan is able to cast a ballot” - our own Steph Gomez on @NBCNewsNow #txlege #SB7