>>> THE NEW SPECIAL SESSION

BEGINS AT 10:00

A.M. MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20, HIS

ANNOUNCEMENT COMES HOURS AFTER SIGNING THE NEW ELECTION BILL.

>> LET'S MAKE THIS FINAL.

>> WITH THAT, THE TEXAS

ELECTION BILL THAT HAS MADE

HEADLINES IS OFFICIALLY WALL,

GOVERNOR ABBOTT SIGNED

THE ELECTION INTEGRITY

PROTECTION ACT. AND OPPONENTS SAY THE

LAW RESTRICTS VOTERS AND SEVERAL

GROUPS ARE CHALLENGING IT

IN COURT.

NBC 5 EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: THE LEGISLATION WAS

DEEMED CONTROVERSIAL, STILL ENDING UP AT THE

GOVERNOR'S DESK.

>> ELECTION INTEGRITY IS NOW

LAW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

>> Reporter: THE TUESDAY

MORNING, GREG ABBOTT SIGNED

THE BILL, FORMER REPUBLICAN,

BRIAN HUGHES OFFERED A DEAL.

>> THE TEXAS LAW DOES MAKE IT

EASIER THAN EVER BEFORE FOR

ANYBODY TO GO CAST A BALLOT.

BUT IT DOES ALSO HOWEVER MAKE

SURE THAT IT IS HARDER FOR

PEOPLE TO CHEAT AT THE BALLOT

BOX IN TEXAS.

>> Reporter: BUT OPPONENTS

DISAGREE, SAYING THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD IN TEXAS AND BELIEVE THE

NEW LAW WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR

THE ELDERLY, DISABLED AND

PEOPLE IN URBAN COMMUNITIES TO

VOTE. >> WE PLAN TO

FULLY CHALLENGE THIS AND TO TAKE IT WHEREVER IT

MAY GO IN THE U.S. SUPREME

COURT. >> Reporter: THE LEAGUE

OF UNITED

LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS ALONG WITH OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS

GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE

TAKING THE BATTLE TO COURT,

SAYING THE NEW LAW

RESTRICTS ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX.

THE NEW LAW

BANS DRIVE-THROUGH VOTING AND 24-HOUR VOTING,

SOMETHING THAT WAS POPULAR IN

THE HOUSTON AREA DURING THE

2020 ELECTION. IT REQUIRES VOTERS TO PROVIDE

THEIR ID OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND ANYONE ASSISTING

SOMEBODY FILLING OUT A BALLOT

MUST SUBMIT PAPERWORK ON HOW

THEY ARE

RELATED. >> IT'S A COMPLICATED PROCESS

TO TURN IN YOUR BALLOT AND IT'S

HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO ASSIST YOU

IN THAT PROCESS.

>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT OF

THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IN

TEXAS SAYS THEY WANT LAWMAKERS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE BILL BUT

THE GROUP STILL DOESN'T SUPPORT

IT. >> WE THINK IT COMPLICATES THE

ALREADY COMPLICATED VOTING LAWS

. >> Reporter: WHICH IS WHY

ADVOCACY GROUPS SAY THEY ARE

PIVOTING THEIR EFFORTS TO

SIMPLIFY THE LAW AND EDUCATE

VOTERS BEFORE THE NEXT WAVE

OF ELECTIONS.

>>> GOVERNOR ABBOTT SAID HE

EXPECTS THERE TO BE A NUMBER OF

LEGAL CHALLENGES BUT HE SAYS HE

IS CONFIDENT THE NEW LAW WILL

STAND AND WILL GO INTO EFFECT

IN DECEMBER. THERE'S A LOT TO