During debate Thursday in the Texas state Senate over SB 990 – a bill banning the practice of all-county voting locations, meaning a voter can show up at any polling place within their county to cast a ballot on election day rather than their home precinct, which of course passed along party lines and went to the state House – the Texas Tribune reports that the bill’s author, state Senator Bob Hall, told Democrats the bill was necessary to prevent people from voting at more than one precinct before admitting there isn’t any evidence of that occurring on a widespread basis.
“The data is so carefully guarded and kept from the public it is almost impossible to get the information,” said Hall. Dem San Antonio state Senator Roland Gutierrez promptly lit into Hall, saying “You have no evidence to prove anything that you’re saying. There is not one article in any publication in the state of Texas that proves what you’re saying. There is not a law enforcement officer that can prove what you’re saying?” Hall responded with “Correct. I’m saying we don’t know, there’s nothing to be proven,” whatever the fuck that’s supposed to mean.