Texas voting bill poised to pass after enough Democrats return home from fleeing state

Enough Texas Democrats returned to the state on Thursday to restore quorum for the state legislature, paving the way for the passage of a voting reform bill that the Democrats spent weeks attempting to block in a series of high-profile stunts.

The voting bill is poised to pass the GOP-controlled Texas House after gliding through the state Senate earlier this month. State Democrats fled the Lone Star State in July to deny the House a quorum, grinding to a halt the special session Gov. Greg Abbott had called in order to get the legislation passed.