College campus voting sites would be banned under proposed Texas bill

Taylor Girtman and Sarah Al-Shaikh

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“Vote” indicators are displayed on the garden of the University of Texas on the eve of the US midterm elections, in Austin, Texas, on November 7, 2022. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP by way of Getty Images)

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A proposed bill would ban voting sites on Texas higher education campuses, one of many newest filings that would change Texas voting legal guidelines.

State Rep. Carrie Isaac, R-Wimberley, filed the bill Thursday. Isaac represents Comal County and elements of Hays County.

In her proposal, counties would be prohibited from designating a polling place on the campus of an establishment of upper training throughout the county.

If handed, House Bill 2390 would go into impact on Sept. 1.

Two Texas state senators—each democrats— filed an reverse bill in November that would require at the very least one essential campus polling location for greater training establishments with at the very least 5,000 college students. It would additionally require two campus areas for establishments with at the very least 10,000 college students plus one other voting website for each further 10,000 college students enrolled.

State Sen. José Menéndez, D-San Antonio, and Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, filed the bill.

That proposal, Senate Bill 118, would go into impact Sept. 1. It was referred to the state affairs committee.

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