Texas lawmakers race against the clock to push through new voting restrictions

Legislators began debating a bill Thursday night that would restrict voting in what is already the hardest state to vote in nationwide

Texas lawmakers are locked in a fight over legislation that would further restrict voting access, as Republicans lean on procedural moves to avoid public testimony and keep eleventh-hour negotiations behind closed doors.

No rules are going to contain them. No norms are going to protect us. They're gonna do whatever they want to, and whatever they can, to get these bills through," said Emily Eby, staff attorney at the Texas Civil Rights Project.