Now an appeal court said it was okay to limit the drop boxes to one per county. Do you know how big some counties are in Texas? How far some people would have to go to use them?The Governor of Texas tried to prevent Democrats from using drop boxes in mail-in voting by saying there could be only one drop box per county. He got slapped down in court for that attempt to suppress the votes of people who live in sprawling areas. We're taking voter suppression, not voter fraud. Voter suppression is the problem, and Republicans are behind it.
Judge Rules Against Texas Governor's Decision to Limit Absentee Ballot Boxes.
A ruling by a U.S. federal judge has cleared the way for voters in the U.S. state of Texas to have multiple locations per county where they will be able to drop off their absentee ballots for the November presidential election.
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman granted an injunction Friday against Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s order that there would be only per one ballot drop-off location for each county. Abbott, a Republican, said the limit on ballot boxes was meant to discourage voter fraud. The order was made after the dropping off of ballots had already begun.
Pitman wrote in his 46-page decision, “By limiting ballot return centers to one per county, older and disabled voters living in Texas's largest and most populous counties must travel further distances to more crowded ballot return centers where they would be at an increased risk of being infected by the coronavirus in order to exercise their right to vote and have it counted.”
Ballot Box Restriction Stays in Place in Texas
Texas voters are back to facing limits on places to drop off their absentee ballots while a federal appeals court considers whether Republican Gov. Greg Abbot violated voting rights by his decision to provide Texas voters with only one ballot drop-off location per county for the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Late Saturday the appeals court lifted an injunction granted Friday by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman.
Abbott said the limit on ballot boxes was meant to discourage voter fraud. His order was issued after multiple ballot box locations had been set up and the dropping off of ballots had begun.
Pitman wrote in his 46-page decision, “By limiting ballot return centers to one per county, older and disabled voters living in Texas's largest and most populous counties must travel further distances to more crowded ballot return centers where they would be at an increased risk of being infected by the coronavirus in order to exercise their right to vote and have it counted.”
Late Saturday the appeals court lifted an injunction granted Friday by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman.
Abbott said the limit on ballot boxes was meant to discourage voter fraud. His order was issued after multiple ballot box locations had been set up and the dropping off of ballots had begun.
Pitman wrote in his 46-page decision, “By limiting ballot return centers to one per county, older and disabled voters living in Texas's largest and most populous counties must travel further distances to more crowded ballot return centers where they would be at an increased risk of being infected by the coronavirus in order to exercise their right to vote and have it counted.”
Republicans know how to be annoying. This isn't helping them win the hearts and minds of anyone who is undecided about who to vote for.