Nicole Collier, Democrats and Texas House of Representatives
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After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to prevent further delays to their plan to redraw congressional voting districts to favor Republicans ahead of the election.
The Capitol grounds were cleared after 7 p.m. as a demonstration against a GOP redistricting plan was about to begin. Texas lawmakers and staff members were allowed to remain inside the Capitol.
A Democratic state lawmaker who fled Texas in protest of a GOP redistricting effort is asking a court to let her exit the Capitol, after she was told she needs a police escort to leave the building.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNNicole Collier, Texas lawmaker who slept at statehouse, files lawsuit challenging police escorts
The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement for lawmakers who had left the state.
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Is There Really a “Hostage” in the Texas Capitol?
In sports, the winning team doesn’t get to rewrite the rules to guarantee it’ll never lose again. In a democracy, the same principle should hold: Winning an election shouldn’t allow a party to rewrite the rules so it’s no longer accountable to the electorate.
Nicole Collier spent two nights inside the Texas Capitol after she was barred from leaving the building over her refusal to agree to 24-hour police surveillance.