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Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded vote-by-mail access for people with disabilities — specifically people who are blind or paralyzed and need assistance marking their ballot.

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[–] SapphicFemme@beehaw.org 25 points 1 year ago (7 children)

That's not shocking, especially with all their fear mongering about "voter fraud", meanwhile in Estonia you can vote electronically

[–] Towerism@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Ironic though considering he himself is wheelchair bound

[–] unwellsnail@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More absolutely predictable than ironic, it will not impact him and he has no love for the disability community. I imagine he has a ton of internalized ableism and believes himself as different from other disabled people. He has a long history of doing things like this, look up his tort reform work. As a wheelchair user I really hate that one of the most prominent wheelchair users in politics is this fuck.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hey, at least he helps demonstrate that assholes come in all flavors.

[–] reric88@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I am both disgusted and very disgusted by this comment. High five!

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