Ali Velshi

So I talked to a number of people on the ground from the Texas Democratic Party because, again, the parties are the administrators of the elections in a primary.

This does not apply for the general.

So in the general, the state is in charge of the election.

So people think, are we going to have this particular issue come November?

No, could be a different issue, but not this one.

Lawrence and I were chatting in the green room, and he said, does this also affect the Republicans?

And I thought it was a very good question.

I asked the chair of the Texas Democratic Party, and the chair said it is their understanding that the judge's order is specific to the Democratic primary because, again, they didn't do a joint primary.

So it is only the Democratic votes in Dallas County.

The particular law that is being cited—Texas Democrats are large.

If we look at the lawsuit, the lawsuit that was filed was filed by the Dallas County Democrats, not the Texas Democratic Party.

I say that because there are people, there are factions within the Texas Democratic Party that say, ah, Texas law is very, very strict.

And it's very strict about when people can vote.

Texas law, a law from 1985, says that the voting in Texas is from 7 a.m.

to 7 p.m.

There has only been one time in our recent history since that law has—it's 40 years.

The law is older than me.

It's only been one time in our history, in May of 2024, that an extension has been given.

And that was very specific.

In Dallas County, a judge said there was a disaster because power was out in polling places in May of 2024.