Nearly 300 Texan opponents of the measures signed up to testify on the bill, with some lining up for more than 17 hours.
advanced restrictive Republican voting bills that will make voting harder on Sunday after hundreds of Texans signed up to testify against the proposals this weekend.
Republicans pushed to advance new restrictions after overnight hearings this weekend in a state that already has some of the country's strictest rules on voting. A Texas House committee voted Sunday morning to move forward a new election bill that would ban 24-hour polling locations, drive-thru voting and drop boxes, among other provisions. Texas state senators followed later in the day, voting to advance the bill to the floor for a major vote by the full chamber, expected this week.
The votes came after marathon hearings on Saturday, which continued into the early hours of Sunday morning. Nearly 300 Texan opponents of the measures , with some lining up for more than 17 hours before they were able to take part in the public hearing at the state Capitol.
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