Texas legislators are fighting ferociously—and for voters’ attention

Texas legislators are fighting ferociously—and for voters’ attention

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LEAVING THE STATE to block restrictive voting legislation isn’t any more outrageous than requiring people to wait in line for 17 hours to testify on that same legislation at 3 o’clock on a Sunday morning.

It’s all within the rules, and also a sign of how far elected officials will go to win a fight. On its face, it’s ridiculous to everyone but the politicians themselves. In any other workplace, tha…