Texas Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., to stonewall a voting bill moving through the state Legislature will host a virtual conference on voting rights from the nation’s capital, state lawmakers confirmed.

The planned weeklong conference, hosted by Service Employees International Union Texas and Mi Familia Vota, will feature appearances from four secretaries of state throughout the United States and state lawmakers from other states where Republicans are advancing similar election bills, according to an article by NBC News that was retweeted by the Texas House Democratic Caucus.

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