In episode 2 of Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature, Victoria deFrancesco Soto, LBJ's assistant dean for civic engagement, talks with former U.S. Congressman Beto O'Rourke, now an adjuct assistant professor at the school, about the restrictive voter provisions laid out in SB7 and HB6. They discuss how the bills, which would eliminate measures taken in 2020 to expand voting in Texas, would affect specific populations, how they fit into the larger landscape of voting restrictions nationwide, and their chances of passing this session.

This episode of Policy on Purpose was mixed and mastered by Harris Codini and Will Kurzner.