Texas House Passes GOP-Backed Election Integrity Bill

Texas House Passes GOP-Backed Election Integrity Bill
People cast their ballots at a polling location in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 13, 2020. Sergio Flores/Getty Images
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The Texas state House on Friday passed a GOP-backed election overhaul bill that would add new penalties and rules, becoming the latest state Republican-led legislative body to pass similar legislation in recent days.

The House passed Senate Bill 7 on a 78-64 mostly party-line vote. The bill, which was first passed in the Senate but was significantly reworked in the House, will now head back to the Texas state Senate for a vote.
Jack Phillips
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