alex dominga has a democratic member of the texas house there preventatives. and more than 50 of his colleagues spoke. they had no choice but to flee the state for washington, d. c. in an effort to sound the alarm about a law being pushed through that state house that they believe would imperil democracy. this is an attempt to stop people from voting to make it harder for them to be to frustrate them. when provision of this bill would criminalize simple mistakes by our pole workers who are typically retired teachers librarians who give of their time to help people vote. but a simple mistake by them could get them a 3rd degree felony which is punishable by 2 to 10 years in prison. that's not a texas value at all. it goes domingos and his colleagues are no longer in texas. the house of representatives that doesn't have the minimum number of participants that needs to pass the new bill. among other things, the law would reduce the number of putting stations available and would empower so called poll watches, who may seek to intimidate versions on tuesday. joe bid