Wesley Story of Progress Texas Democrats filed out of the Texas House of Representatives throughout the night on Sunday, May 30, breaking quorum to prevent a vote on Senate Bill 7 which they described as a Republican effort to squash voter turnout in the state.
In a press releases that described SB 7 as a “a racist voter suppression bill that contains some of the most extreme voting restrictions in the nation” and “Jim Crow 2.0,” Progress Texas Communications Manager Wesley Story declared, “Ding-dong, the wicked bill is dead.” Story continued, “Resilient Texans organized for months to kill Senate Bill 7, and on the very last day that it could pass, voters can finally celebrate its demise. ‘Activists, business leaders, elected officials, and