I wanted to be sure you saw this press release that went out Tuesday.

We've filed a law suit in U.S. District Court against Governor Abbott, the Texas Secretary of State, the Travis County Clerk, and the Bexar County Elections Administrator to ensure that every eligible Texan can vote by mail during this pandemic. As the Party's Voter Protection Director, I'm incredibly proud of the work we're doing to support our democracy during this challenging time.

We're going to keep fighting to protect Texans' during this crisis - no one should have to choose between their health and exercising their right to vote.

Here's a few more of our latest press releases regarding the coronavirus outbreak and our litigation to protect Texans:

BREAKING: Texas Democratic Party Files Lawsuit to Protect Vote-By-Mail Access (we're also suing in Travis County District Court)
Cornyn Continues to Oppose Vote-By-Mail, Says "If You Can Go to the Grocery Story, You can Go to the Polls"
Ten Ways Texas Republicans Have Failed Everyday Texans During This Coronavirus Outbreak
ICYMI: Austin-American Statesman – Texas Needs to Expand Vote-By-Mail Access

We'll keep you updated about opportunities to engage with our voter protection work, but in the meantime please don't hesitate to reach out to learn more. And, if you are so inclined to support the largest voter protection program the Party has ever organized, you can do so here.

Our work continues, and is now more important than ever. Thanks for all your support to the Texas Democratic Party.

Stay safe and healthy,

Rose Clouston
Voter Protection Director
Texas Democratic Party

Austin, TX — Today, the Texas Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in United States District Court against Governor Abbott, Secretary of State Ruth Hughes, the Travis County Clerk, and the Bexar County Elections Administrator in our ongoing effort to demand mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Texas Democratic Party contends that state law allows any voter to cast a mail-in ballot given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

To read the full lawsuit, click here. https://y4lzd9vcrmqr.actbot.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020-04-07-TX-VBM-Complaint-FINAL.pdf

Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement:

“As we face the worst public health crisis in a century, neither Governor Abbott nor Secretary of State Hughes have issued concrete guidance to county election officials on whether voters can cast a mail-in ballot during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Republicans have opposed vote-by-mail without providing any credible justification. Current law allows any voter whose health may be injured by voting in person to vote by mail. As our city and county leaders issue shelter-in-place orders and our residents are urged to stay inside, we must protect Texans’ ability to cast a ballot without jeopardizing their health or safety.

“Texas Democrats will continue to protect our fundamental right to vote and the integrity of our elections. We must not allow the coronavirus outbreak to halt our democracy.”

I wanted to be sure you saw this press release that went out Tuesday.

We've filed a law suit in U.S. District Court against Governor Abbott, the Texas Secretary of State, the Travis County Clerk, and the Bexar County Elections Administrator to ensure that every eligible Texan can vote by mail during this pandemic. As the Party's Voter Protection Director, I'm incredibly proud of the work we're doing to support our democracy during this challenging time.

We're going to keep fighting to protect Texans' during this crisis - no one should have to choose between their health and exercising their right to vote.

Here's a few more of our latest press releases regarding the coronavirus outbreak and our litigation to protect Texans:

BREAKING: Texas Democratic Party Files Lawsuit to Protect Vote-By-Mail Access (we're also suing in Travis County District Court)
Cornyn Continues to Oppose Vote-By-Mail, Says "If You Can Go to the Grocery Story, You can Go to the Polls"
Ten Ways Texas Republicans Have Failed Everyday Texans During This Coronavirus Outbreak
ICYMI: Austin-American Statesman – Texas Needs to Expand Vote-By-Mail Access

We'll keep you updated about opportunities to engage with our voter protection work, but in the meantime please don't hesitate to reach out to learn more. And, if you are so inclined to support the largest voter protection program the Party has ever organized, you can do so here.

Our work continues, and is now more important than ever. Thanks for all your support to the Texas Democratic Party.

Stay safe and healthy,

Rose Clouston
Voter Protection Director
Texas Democratic Party

Austin, TX — Today, the Texas Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in United States District Court against Governor Abbott, Secretary of State Ruth Hughes, the Travis County Clerk, and the Bexar County Elections Administrator in our ongoing effort to demand mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Texas Democratic Party contends that state law allows any voter to cast a mail-in ballot given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

To read the full lawsuit, click here. https://y4lzd9vcrmqr.actbot.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020-04-07-TX-VBM-Complaint-FINAL.pdf

Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement:

“As we face the worst public health crisis in a century, neither Governor Abbott nor Secretary of State Hughes have issued concrete guidance to county election officials on whether voters can cast a mail-in ballot during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Republicans have opposed vote-by-mail without providing any credible justification. Current law allows any voter whose health may be injured by voting in person to vote by mail. As our city and county leaders issue shelter-in-place orders and our residents are urged to stay inside, we must protect Texans’ ability to cast a ballot without jeopardizing their health or safety.

“Texas Democrats will continue to protect our fundamental right to vote and the integrity of our elections. We must not allow the coronavirus outbreak to halt our democracy.”

Two of the nation’s largest gun control advocacy groups have endorsed Joe Biden, the latest sign that Bernie Sanders’ spotty record on guns may be weighing him down in the presidential primary.
Everytown for Gun Safety and Brady announced they are backing the former vice president.

Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund plans to spend $60 million on electoral activities this cycle, some of which will go toward trying to elect Biden. An Everytown spokesman said the group typically airs advertisements and engages in grassroots organizing for the candidates it endorses, though it’s unclear when the group will begin to spend on Biden’s behalf. The group, which was co-founded by billionaire former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, also boasts 6 million supporters and more than 375,000 grassroots donors, numbers that could help boost attention and support for Biden’s presidential bid nationwide.

Brady, another leading gun violence prevention group, endorsed Biden on Sunday. The group said in a statement that as a senator, Biden worked with Jim and Sarah Brady to pass the landmark Brady Bill, which established mandatory background checks for gun sales. Biden also championed a 1994 federal assault weapons ban.

“Joe Biden has worked with the gun violence prevention movement, with survivors and with lawmakers his entire career,'' Brady President Kris Brown said. ”We know him, and he knows us. We know he will work to deliver this change.''
Biden said he was honored to receive the endorsements and lamented that the high rate of gun violence in the U.S. has become “normal” for most Americans. For those who are connected to gun violence, “normal is a living nightmare,” Biden said.

In an interview with The Associated Press, John Feinblatt, head of Everytown for Gun Safety, said the group chose Biden because working for gun control is “his past, it’s his present, it’s his future.” Asked if Sanders’ record on gun control factored into the group’s decision, Feinblatt said that the group looks at a candidate’s “total record.”