Changes To Texas Voting Rules Worry Older Voters And Those With Disabilities
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🗓️ 2 March 2022
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Election workers received thousands of calls from voters with questions and some vulnerable Texans opted to vote in person for the first time in years to ensure their ballot would be counted.
Similar rule changes have been imposed in more than a dozen states since the 2020 election.
This episode: voting reporter Miles Parks, politics and racial justice correspondent Juana Summers, and KUT reporter Ashley Lopez.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Joey and I'm a bike mechanic here in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm currently working on one of my customers' bikes. |
| 0:09.0 | This podcast was recorded at 2.10pm on March 2nd. |
| 0:14.0 | Things may have changed by the time that you hear this, but hopefully this bike will be ready to go to not one, |
| 0:20.0 | not two, but all three branches of government and a single bike ride. Enjoy the show! |
| 0:26.0 | We are getting into prime biking season here in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:32.0 | I know the weather is beautiful. I kind of wish we could get outside right now, but we're going to talk about politics and set, I guess. |
| 0:38.0 | Yeah, just give me 20 minutes to wanna and then you could be on the bike, I promise. |
| 0:41.0 | Okay, okay, we got it. |
| 0:43.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Miles Parks. I cover voting. |
| 0:47.0 | And I'm Wanda Summers. I cover politics and racial justice. |
| 0:50.0 | We've also got Ashley Lopez here with us from Member Station, KUT in Austin, Texas. Hi, Ashley. |
| 0:56.0 | Hey there. |
| 0:57.0 | Texas where you are held the first primary race in the country last night and the governor's race in November is now set. |
| 1:03.0 | It'll be incumbent Republican Greg Abbott against Democrat Beto Rorck. |
| 1:08.0 | Many other high-profile primary racers are headed to run-offs, including Democratic Congressman Henry Quayar, |
| 1:14.0 | who is one of Congress's most conservative Democrats in the entire body. He'll be facing progressive challenge or Jessica Cisneros. |
| 1:22.0 | But it was also the first election day since sweeping election changes in the state that drastically change how a lot of people cast ballots. |
| 1:30.0 | Before we get into the impacts that that might have had, Ashley, I'm wondering if you can just start off for people who aren't in the weeds the same way you are in Texas election law. |
| 1:39.0 | What changes were made since the 2020 election to help people vote there? |
| 1:43.0 | Right, so lawmakers here passed Senate Bill 1. It amounts to a pretty massive overhaul of the state's election code actually. |
| 1:51.0 | So it changed a lot of things. |
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