James Talarico

being able to respond quickly to preserve people's sacred God-given rights at the ballot box.

But it's something we have to be on guard against.

It means we're probably going to have to win by a little more than we would normally have to in a completely free and fair election.

But I also don't want people to...

to become defeatists about this.

If you look back throughout American history, civil rights marchers, labor organizers, farm workers, they all were up against a rigged system.

They all faced long odds, and they outworked, they out hustled, they outsmarted the powers that be, and they were able to make progress and win.

And so if they can do that, we can certainly do that against this stack deck.

Yeah, I mean, making sure, checking on your registration, if you are registered, making sure it's up to date.

And if you're not registered, making sure you do that now, because some states like Texas have deadlines where you have to register like a month in advance, which again, is all part of the effort to make it harder to vote in our state.

So check your registration and then check your requirements.

What do you have to bring to the polls?

What kind of ID do you have to bring?

And where is your nearest polling location?

Because again,

polling locations have moved around.

We saw that in the Democratic primary two months ago, where in my home county of Williamson County, in my opponent's home county of Dallas County, we saw polling locations getting moved around last minute and people getting confused about where to go and not being able to vote because of that.

And that's unacceptable in a democracy.

So doing all this work on the front end of knowing where and when

And how to vote, I think, is really critical to ensuring that people are ready to overcome any voter suppression.