The GOP-controlled Texas Senate on Tuesday passed a proposition permitting the state to upset races in Harris Region, home to the state's most crowded city Houston.
The Houston Chronicle reported that the legislation penalizes county officials for running out of ballot paper at some voting locations during the 2022 election. However, its primary benefit is that it grants Republican Gov. Greg Abbott "precedent-setting" authority to overturn election results.
The newspaper noted that the measure would grant Abbott's appointed secretary of state the authority to call a new election in the county if more than 2% of its polling locations run out of paper for more than an hour.
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