Writing Tips Make it personal: Tell Greg Abbott how COVID-19 has impacted you. Express your concerns about voting during a pandemic. Tell Greg Abbott that prohibiting counties from providing multiple ballot drop-offs is voter suppression. Commend Greg Abbott for extending the Early Voting period and insist that those dates remain in place The COVID-19 pandemic …
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We’re trying something new. For three-and-a-half years we have delivered the “Take Action” newsletter to inboxes every Monday morning. Today the 2020 elections, Covid-19, calls to defund the Austin Police Department, and Trump’s ongoing attacks on Democracy are—unfortunately—providing a wealth of material. It’s too much to fit into one weekly newsletter, and news is happening …
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Updated August 22, 2020 We’ve come to normalize social distancing, mask wearing, and for those of us with the privilege to do so, working from home. But let’s not forget how utterly preventable all of this was—and that Gov. Greg Abbott, who follows Trump’s lead at every opportunity, is responsible. Whether it was reopening the …
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Sen. John Cornyn is taking it upon himself to single-handedly shift blame for the US death toll from COVID-19 away from Donald Trump and onto…China. Cornyn’s shameless sycophancy will get people killed. It will also likely raise millions of dollars for John Cornyn. Regardless of the source of the virus, or whatever missteps China made …
A few weeks ago the White House had a plan to confront COVID-19. They abandoned it in favor of a political disinformation campaign. Similarly, Gov. Greg Abbott issued a plan to gradually reopen the Texas economy… and then swiftly ignored his own advice. We are witnessing a propaganda campaign that follows the same playbook as …
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The Trump administration’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic hasn’t done nearly enough to help working people. We’re calling on members of Congress to vote against the next coronavirus relief package (COVID 4) unless it is a true People’s Agenda for relief. That means the next relief package must: Keep people on payrolls: Stop mass layoffs, and preserve …
After initially appearing to take the coronavirus seriously, Gov. Abbott met with Trump and then immediately decided to reopen Texas despite mountains of evidence demonstrating that this will put many people at grave risk of death. Reopening the Texas economy is important. But people won’t stop dying preventable deaths just because politicians are impatient and in denial. …
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We’re asking Governor Abbott to allow all Texas voters to vote by mail during the primary runoff election on July 14 and the general election on November 3.
Statement by League of Women Voters of Texas President Grace Chimene on Election Changes Needed Needed to Deal with COVID-19: We are all very concerned about the growing COVID-19 health threat to our local communities, all of Texas, the nation, and all the nations of the world. The Leagues of Women Voters across the country …
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, vulnerable Americans are going to have to choose between casting a ballot and protecting their health. Vote-by-mail is a time-tested, reliable way for Americans to exercise their constitutional rights, and the right answer to respond to this crisis. Tell your senators to support the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act (NDEBA) …