Daily Dispatch 9/12/24: GOP Types In Tarrant County Look To Reduce College Campus Voting, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Three Democratic candidates in Tarrant County are threatening a lawsuit if County Commissioners vote to reduce the number of early voting locations on local college campuses: https://fortworthreport.org/2024/09/11/democrats-threaten-lawsuit-as-tarrant-commissioners-debate-reducing-campus-poll-sites/ The Texas Supreme Court has ordered the Dallas City Council to remove funding amendments it had placed on the November ballot alongside petition-driven initiatives brought by a right-wing activist group: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas-supreme-court-orders-dallas-remove-three-charter-amendments-from-november-ballot/287-b4d67bd5-9316-4821-80ad-e62e80534ca6 A new Colin Allred campaign ad features a Granbury U.S. Marine veteran who tried - and failed - to get help from Ted Cruz in the matter of the Russian imprisonment of his son, also a Marine veteran: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/12/trevor-reed-russia-colin-allred-ted-cruz/ ...Here's the ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuahjfdAfQo Cruz is also under fire for his sharing of that racist "migrant cat-eating" meme, which may have led to Donald Trump's spectacular debate meltdown: https://www.sacurrent.com/news/ted-cruz-blasted-for-sharing-false-racist-meme-about-migrants-eating-pets-35528443 ...In addition to the very high entertainment level, we find FIVE primary takeways from Tuesday's debate for Texas progressives: https://progresstexas.org/blog/5-progressive-takeaways-harris-trump-debate See Progress Texas' analysis of Project 2025, and what it will mean for Texas should it be enacted: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/project-2025-vs-progress-2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ...And a complete guide to Project 2025 from Media Matters: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The deadline to register for the November election is October 7. Are you registered? Are you sure? ALL Texas voters should confirm their registration, right now: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://govotetexas.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ...Please pitch in to help fund our recent expansion of that important voting resource with Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese translation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/coming-soon-govotetexasorg-adds-commonly-spoken-languages-increase-ballot-access⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And, our September membership drive is underway! We want to add 50 new members to the Progress Texas family in the form of regular monthly supporters at the $10, $25 or $50 level - if you join the team before the end of September, we'll hook you up with an exclusive invitation to our Holiday Party this December! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.