The Texas Senate gave initial approval to Senate Bill 2 on Monday. The bill, a top priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, raises the criminal penalty for voter...
is the first of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priority bills to pass in the Senate. It would boost the penalty of voter fraud from a Class A misdemeanor to a second-degree felony, an offense that carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
Critics, however, say the Republican-backed measure will discourage voting and that it threatens to ensnare people in felony prosecution who mistakenly attempt to vote while ineligible.Democrats focused debate on language in the bill that would make voter fraud a crime when someone submits a provisional ballot even when they were not aware that they are ineligible to vote.
Patrick had called for legislation to return voter fraud to a felony. But Hughes’ bill went one step further with a focus on a voter fraud case involving a Tarrant County woman that has drawn national attention.
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