Jim Crow Ballot 'Purity' Phrase Yanked From Texas Vote Suppression Bill At Last Minute

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A segregationist term from the Jim Crow era referring to the “purity” of ballots was yanked at the last minute before the Texas House passed a measure restricting voting.

Eighteen amendments — 13 of them from Democrats — were added to the Republican election bill before it was passed 78-64 Friday.

But an initial fight was over the bill’s statement of purpose. It initially said that said the measure was designed to “preserve the purity of the ballot box” — a phrase “drafted specifically to disenfranchise Black voters following the Civil War,” Democratic Rep. Rafael Anchía told bill sponsor Rep. Briscoe Cain (R).

“Are you aware of the history of that?” he asked in comments on the floor.

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[Solly Mack]

1. Taking the phrase out does not change the purpose of the bill.

It's like me saying 'I take back' calling Briscoe Cain a lying asshole. Doesn't mean I stopped thinking of racist Harry Potter as a lying asshole.

Not that I would take it back.

Briscoe Cain is a lying asshole.

[LiberalFighter]

4. He is a dingwad with the mind of a high school boy.

He has ranked as the most conservative member of the Texas House since 2016.

He is the legal counsel for Operation Rescue in Texas.

[Solly Mack]

5. Blech. The total package POS.

[walkingman]

2. To be a GOP politician these days it requires that you be an unapologetic liar. And

yet the people of Texas keep electing these scumbags.

[gratuitous]

3. "Are you aware of the history of that?" Bless your heart Rep. Anchia

Very charitable of you not to presume that Texas Republicans didn't know the racist roots of the "purity" of the ballot box. I would have just assumed they knew what they were doing and that the curious use of the racist word "purity" was full-on intentional.