He’s using Donald Trump’s words on this…
Voters want to use mail-in ballots to get away from appearing in person and risking virus infection…
The AG is arguing against this?
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday asked the state’s Supreme Court to step in and stop county election officials from letting voters afraid of catching coronavirus to vote by mail.
Paxton, a Republican, filed a petition for Dallas, Cameron, El Paso, Harris and Travis counties. He argued that election officials are “misapplying” the state’s “disability” requirement for absentee mail-in voting amid the pandemic.
“Each misapplication of Texas election law damages the integrity of our elections and increases the risk of voter fraud. In-person voting is the surest way to prevent voter fraud and guarantee that every voter is who they claim to be and has a fair opportunity to cast their vote,” Paxon said in a press release.
Texas’ election code defines “disability” as “a sickness or physical condition that prevents the voter from appearing at the polling place on election day without a likelihood of needing personal assistance or of injuring the voter’s health.” Voters who meet this definition and wish to vote by mail must submit applications….
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Breaking: Texas Supreme Court blocks expansion of mail-in voting during coronavirus pandemic.
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The court ruled a lack of immunity to the new coronavirus does not qualify a voter to apply for a mail-in ballot.
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Cimarron Kid
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This was certainly no surprise. All one has to do is to look at the makeup of the court. 11 Justices, all white with 2 being women. Not only
Stopping people from voting–Classic Republican playbook–Trump is the most Republican of Republican Presidents yet!
Voter Suppression ?
Hmmmm?
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) extended the early voting period for the November election by six days, citing continued challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Texas Tribune reports….
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Breaking: A federal judge is blocking Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s directive limiting ballot drop boxes to one per county.
Several rights groups had filed suit over directive, because they felt it would suppress voters, particularly in larger counties.
Update on the Texas Governors effort to suppress voting in his state…
A federal appeals court on Saturday granted a temporary administrative stay, allowing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive for one location per county for ballot drop boxes to remain in place for now.
The grant from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit means the directive from Abbott, a Republican, will stand until the court has considered the state’s motion for a stay on its merits.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had filed an emergency motion Saturday for a stay pending appeal to block a district court order that would have allowed county officials to accept hand delivery of mail-in ballots at any county annex or satellite office.
The motion seeks to require eligible voters to hand-deliver their ballots to a single early voting clerk’s office to ensure ballot security, his office said in a release….
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