Legislation in Texas Could Make Voter Fraud a Felony

Poll workers help voters inside a polling location in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 13, 2020. Sergio Flores/Getty Images

Several Republican lawmakers have filed bills in the Texas House of Representatives that would increase the penalty for election fraud from a Class A misdemeanor to a felony.

One such bill authored by State Rep. Craig Goldman (R-Fort Worth) would make illegal voting a “felony of the second-degree unless the person is convicted of an attempt, in which event it is a state jail felony.”