New Texas voting law snags US citizens, mail ballot requests


              FILE - Protesters gather outside where Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law legislation that further tightens Texas' strict voting laws on Sept. 7, 2021 in Tyler, Texas. A sweeping new Texas voting law that Republicans muscled through the Legislature last year over dramatic protests is drawing fire again, even before some of the most contentious restrictions and changes kick in ahead of the state's first-in-the nation primary. AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
            
              FILE - Demonstrators join a rally to protest proposed voting bills on the steps of the Texas Capitol on July 13, 2021, in Austin, Texas. A sweeping new Texas voting law that Republicans muscled through the Legislature last year over dramatic protests is drawing fire again, even before some of the most contentious restrictions and changes kick in ahead of the state's first-in-the nation primary. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
New Texas voting law snags US citizens, mail ballot requests