TEXAS BANS PAYING PEOPLE FOR HELPING YOU VOTE – ELDERLY AND DISABLED LEFT IN THE DUST!

Final Thoughts

As a journalist who’s watched voting rights battles unfold for years, this Texas ban on paid voter assistance feels less like a safeguard against fraud and more like a thinly veiled effort to suppress turnout among communities that rely on such help—namely, the elderly, disabled, and non-native English speakers. The law’s broad language risks criminalizing well-meaning volunteers and advocacy groups, while doing nothing to address the actual barriers to voting that make assistance necessary in the first place. Ultimately, if we’re serious about democracy, we should be expanding access, not punishing those who try to help others navigate an increasingly complex system.