Lina Hidalgo: “What Governor Abbott is doing is akin to taking the water away from firefighters.”

We have been working since day one to make voting more accessible. This year, we've invested over $30 million in election safety and accessibility.

All of Texas is impacted by this tragic event.

This is not just a partisan, political fight this needs to be able to stay above partisanship because it is about our ability to have a democracy and we can’t weaken it by making policy based on a lie.

As a Texan, I feel a responsibility to continue the legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson who passed the Voting Rights Acts. But as Americans, all of us need to feel the responsibility to protect a democracy that people died for.