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Daily Dispatch 11/7/23: Let's Vote People! And More


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Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Voter turnout is up for this off-cycle election in North Texas: https://www.keranews.org/government/2023-11-06/early-voting-doubled-in-north-texas-for-this-years-constitutional-amendment-election-heres-why

...But across the state, it's pretty typically dismal: https://www.kxan.com/news/your-local-election-hq/why-texas-constitutional-amendment-elections-historically-have-low-voter-turnout/

...Which reminds us to remind you to VOTE NO on Prop 7: https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2023-11-06/proposition-7-would-provide-billions-in-incentives-for-new-power-plants-in-texas

Meanwhile the third special session of the Legislature ends today: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/11/06/school-choice-could-head-to-fourth-session-deal-unclear/71442827007/

Katy ISD's policy requiring the outing of transgender students to their families likely violates state ethics code: https://houstonlanding.org/by-outing-19-students-to-their-parents-katy-isd-violated-texas-ethics-codes-for-educators/

...While book bans in Texas continue apace: https://dallasweekly.com/2023/11/amidst-growing-politicization-book-bans-become-increasingly-common-in-texas/

...And a Mexia teacher, convicted of election violations in 2020, finds her teaching license under attack: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/brunner-paxton-voter-fraud-license-18459837.php

A group of rental houses in Bell County, leased by the state to house foster kids, have descended into chaos: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/06/texas-foster-kids-cwop/

A gathering of right-wing fringe "eugenics" supporters is scheduled for the first weekend of December at the Line Hotel in Austin: https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2023-11-03/the-eugenic-circus-comes-to-town/

Matt Rinaldi, chair of the Republican Party of Texas, intends to wield the outsized power the micro-minority of GOP primary voters to direct the party at large: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/matt-rinaldi-texas-gop/

Thanks for listening and DON'T FORGET TO VOTE TODAY! Find our popular voter guide and consider making a donation to help us continue our important work at https://progresstexas.org/.

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