LUPE: SB 1 would allow politiqueras to run amok at Valley polling locations
WESLACO, Texas – Members of La Unión del Pueblo Entero say they are fearful that politiqueras will run amok at polling locations if Gov. Greg Abbott’s voter restrictions legislation is passed into law.
Under Senate Bill 1, currently under consideration at the state Capitol, poll watchers will be given a lot more power at voting locations, with the ability of election judges to throw them out restricted. The legislation was authored by Republican leaders.
The legislation’s impact in the Rio Grande Valley, LUPE leaders argue, will be to empower politiqueras to intimate voters.
“This legislation will create a tough environment at polling locations, with poll watchers potentially being disruptive and potentially fighting with other poll watchers. It will not create a very welcoming environment for voters. It would discourage them. That is what I am concerned about. Locally, politiqueras could be poll watchers. They could be in there, being disruptive,” said Danny Diaz, of LUPE Votes, the political arm of LUPE.
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