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I’m going to continue to push back on this. There were problems in Texas. But there also were problems in California. And the problems in Texas were in counties now run by Democrats (like Harris Co), which in many cases moved to countywide voting to make it *easier* to vote. 1/

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Tom Bonier

@tbonier

Mar 4, 2020

Remember when the Supreme Court effectively nullified the VRA, and states like Texas that were formerly subject to DoJ pre-clearance for changes to their electoral systems were suddenly free to do whatever they wanted? And Congress did nothing to renew the VRA? Here's the effect. twitter.com/edlavaCNN/stat…

Michael Li 李之樸

@mcpli

To be sure, as I’ve said, ID laws and the like had their effect in slowing up the process. But a bigger driver of problems seem to be things like resource misallocations, new systems, and planning decisions that were well-intentioned but problematic in retrospect. 2/

3:09 PM · Mar 4, 2020

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Plus a 44% increase in voter turnout in Harris County from the 2016 primary to the 2020 primary didn’t help, either.

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Yes I've been posting the

@HoustonChron

story about the delays - Harris County has a Democrat County Clerk dealing with the GOP demand for equal number of machines for both parties at every location - needs to have more flexibility next time

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The counties are hamstrung by limited resources in a state where increased taxation is viewed very skeptically. Maybe the state could give out a bit of that rainy day fun to help pay more than min wage for a 15+ hour workday on e-day.