Texas Gov. Abbott (R) signs bill to allow early voting on weekends and up to Election Day
On June 22, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed SB 2753 into law. The bill moves the start of early voting later, but extends early voting to weekends and the four days leading up to Election Day.
The new law requires early voting to begin on the 12th day before Election Day and end on the day before the election, and to include weekends and holidays during the period. Previously, early voting began on the 17th day before an election and ended on the Friday before the election, and in-person early voting was not available on weekends. For elections occurring on the state’s uniform May election date and for runoff elections, early voting will start on the ninth day before Election Day.
The Republican-sponsored bill received mixed support in the Texas Legislature. In the Texas House of Representatives, the final version of the bill passed 84-45 on June 1 with 21 legislators not voting. Both Democrats (23-25) and Republicans (61-20) split their votes in the chamber. The final version of the bill passed the Texas Senate 21-10 along partisan lines on the same day.
Addressing the possibility that the new bill may delay the delivery of election results, the bill’s sponsor Sen. Bob Hall (R), said, “I expect they’ll be able to get the total votes not much later if the counties handle it right,” and that partial returns previously published during the four day gap between the end of early voting and Election Day “serve absolutely no purpose in the election process other than to give people a piece of information as quickly as possible.”
https://news.ballotpedia.org/2025/06/25/texas-gov-abbott-r-signs-bill-to-allow-early-voting-on-weekends-and-up-to-election-day/
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It seems to me that this is actually something that might be beneficial to people wanting to vote!
Really - this is Texas?!?
