Texas Democrats say Republican voting bill marks ‘dark day for democracy’

• Bill rushed to floor of state senate in middle of the night
• Castro: restrictions clearly aimed at people of colour'
• Un-American and wrong': Biden blasts Texas voting bill

Texas Democrats called Sunday one of the darkest days" for American democracy, after Republicans pushed one of the most restrictive voting measures in the US to the cusp of law, rushing the bill through the state Senate in the middle of the night.

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