Commissioner Rodney Ellis Issues Statement on SB7
Style Magazine Newswire | 3/17/2021, 10:46 a.m.
County Commissioner Rodney Ellis
“Senate Bill 7 is a voter suppression bill, plain and simple. It pulls straight from the Jim Crow playbook, targeting communities of color to silence their voices.
“In 2020, Harris County garnered national praise for our innovative approaches, which brought out a record-breaking number of voters. We should be pushing forward with these initiatives to expand access to the ballot box, not turning back the clock to the era of poll taxes, literacy tests, and other bogus excuses to keep people from voting in the name of so-called ‘integrity.’
“We had a historically clean election in November. Governor Abbott, Republican legislators, and anyone who supports this bill is not trying to protect our democracy, they are just trying to protect their own power. This bill attacks our fundamental voting rights, and we cannot let it stand.
“I urge our residents to call their legislators and let their state representatives know that voter suppression belongs in the Jim Crow Era, not in 2021.”
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