What the bill actually does is limit accessibility and pretend an already secure election needs added security. Republicans are literally doing the opposite of the expression, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

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If you need a shining example of how ridiculous this bill is, there’s a provision in it that requires “anyone who transports more than two voters to the polls to fill out a form,” the Post reports.

IMAGINE NEEDING TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION IN ORDER TO CARPOOL!

“You really have no idea and no realistic vision about how things work in my neighborhood and neighborhoods like mine,” Sen. Borris Miles (D) said during the debate addressing that measure. “Everybody doesn’t have access to cars.”

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Nothing about what Texas Republicans are trying to do here is about being “realistic.” It’s all about stopping people from voting. That’s it and that’s all.