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Texas House committee advances bill that would make it a crime for election officials to send unsolicited vote-by-mail applications

Like other Republican proposals, the measure would target Harris County’s initiatives from the 2020 general election, including a shift to proactively send out vote-by-mail applications.

By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
Posted 4/8/21

A Texas House committee on Thursday advanced an elections bill that would make it a state jail felony for local election officials to distribute an application to vote by mail to a voter who …

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