Earlier today, State Senator Carol Alvarado anunciado her intention to filibuster SB1, an anti-voter bill that would make it more difficult for Texans to vote. Texas is already the most difficult place to vote in the entire county.

SB 1 would making it even more difficult to vote by banning 24-hour voting and drive-thru voting, empowering partisan poll watchers, adding more requirements for voting by mail, and making it illegal for elections officials to inform Texans of their voting rights.

Statement from Common Cause Associate Director Stephanie Gómez

Senator Carol Alvarado is showing exactly the kind of courage and leadership Texas needs right now. While we face a dangerous surge in Covid-19 cases and our local hospitals reach maximum capacity, Governor Abbott and his partisan legislators continue to focus on stripping away our freedom to vote.

We believe every voter in Texas should have the right to cast a ballot freely and fairly on Election Day, regardless of race, ethnicity, income, educational attainment, and geographic location.

El derecho al voto para todos es algo por lo que vale la pena luchar a muerte y agradecemos a los líderes estatales como la senadora Carol Alvarado por hablar en nombre de todos los texanos. Y si bien la senadora Alvarado no tiene miedo de defender el derecho al voto, los republicanos en el Senado de los EE. UU., incluidos los senadores de Texas Ted Cruz y John Cornyn, se niegan incluso a permitir un debate sobre la Ley For The People. La Ley For The People es una legislación transformadora que protegerá los mismos derechos al voto que el gobernador Abbott se esfuerza por quitarnos.

Congress must put an end to the wave of anti-voter attacks and pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act without further delay.

As long as partisan legislators continue to wage war on our right to vote, we will continue to defend our democracy and protect every single Texans’ freedom to vote.