A Texas representative is proposing to ban voting on school campuses statewide.
that would prohibit primary, secondary and higher education campuses from serving as polling locations.State lawmakers are poised to sort through dozens of voting-related bills this legislative session, including one that would prohibit people ages 65 and older without a disability from voting by mail and one that would make voting illegally a felony.Colleges across the country have long served as polling sites, and they're often a stop for political candidates on tour.
"For many of the students who live on campus, this is their only opportunity to be able to vote," Amber Mills of the nonpartisan grassroots organization MOVE Texas,
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