Texas GOP’s thwarted voting bill continues to give away the game

This is a political mistake, at minimum, in that it’s being spun as an attack on Black churches that have a “souls to the polls” tradition. One lawmaker supporting the bill argued: “Those election workers want to go to church, too.” But some people take care of their religious obligations on Saturdays, and in any event Texas repealed most of its blue laws in 1985. Lawmakers would be wise to drop this provision.