<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Courtesy of the <i>Texas Tribune </i>at :<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/01/texas-voting-bill-greg-abbott/">https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/01/texas-voting-bill-greg-abbott/</a></div><div><br></div><div>“<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "pt serif", Georgia, serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> The new law also will ratchet up voting-by-mail rules in a state where the option is already significantly limited, give partisan poll watchers increased autonomy inside polling places by granting them free movement, and set new rules — and criminal penalties — for voter assistance. It also makes it a state jail felony for local election officials to proactively distribute applications for mail-in ballots, even if they are providing them to voters who automatically qualify to vote by mail or groups helping get out the vote.”</span></div><div><font color="#222222" face="pt serif, Georgia, serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 17.600000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="pt serif, Georgia, serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 17.600000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">You were saying, Mr. Crabtree?<br></span></font><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></body></html>