Category: illegal voting

Greg Abbott Signs Bill Making Illegal Voting a Felony in Texas

June 15, 2023
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Voting illegally in Texas could carry a sentence of up to 20 years behind bars beginning Sept. 1, when a new law takes effect. Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 1243, which increases the penalties for election fraud from a misdemeanor to a second-degree felony. It also makes attempting to vote illegally a…

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New Texas Bill Would Raise Penalty of Illegal Voting to Felony, Joins Similar Pre-Filed Bills

January 12, 2023
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On the first day of Texas’s 88th regular legislative session, a Republican state representative filed a bill that would increase the criminal penalty for the offense of illegal voting from a Class A misdemeanor to a felony. It’s the latest in a string of similar bills that had been pre-filed by Republican lawmakers ahead of the state’s…

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Abbott Calls for Tougher Penalties for Illegal Voting

October 2, 2021
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has called on the state’s lawmakers to impose harsher penalties for illegal voting, building on earlier efforts that saw the Republican leader push for a forensic audit of the 2020 election. Abbott on Sept. 30 asked the Secretary of the Texas Senate to identify legislation for consideration during the current special…

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