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Re: Judge Rules Against Texas Limit Of One Drop-Off Site Per County For Absentee Ballots

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Sat, 10 Oct 20 2:21 PM | 35 view(s)
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This is straight-up voter suppression.

Still just breathtaking that Bananarepublicans are doing this in a democracy.

The point of voting is to force parties to flex to the will of the people they represent. It isn't for the parties to claim that they are wiser than the people, even if they believe they are. The key to democracy is that you can throw out the people who represent you.

If you don't believe democracy works, don't stand.

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Judge Rules Against Texas Limit Of One Drop-Off Site Per County For Absentee Ballots
By: clo in ALEA
Sat, 10 Oct 20 11:35 AM 		Msg. 39158 of 54959

Judge Rules Against Texas Limit Of One Drop-Off Site Per County For Absentee Ballots
October 10, 202012:10 AM ET
BARBARA CAMPBELL

A federal judge has blocked a Texas plan to limit voters to one location per county for dropping off absentee ballots in the upcoming election. The decision says the restriction places an undue burden on older and disabled citizens.

The limit was imposed last week as Texas experienced a surge in requests for absentee ballots, even though most Texans aren't eligible to vote that way.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he was helping to protect election security by allowing only one drop-off site per county. Democrats accused Abbott of trying to suppress the vote.

Judge Robert Pitman's ruling sides with The League of United Latin American Citizens which sued to get the drop-off limit reversed.

The lawsuit said the governor was forcing absentee voters to travel farther and to more-crowded locations, increasing the risk to populations already especially vulnerable to the coronavirus. The suit also said the Postal Service has warned it might not be able to deliver ballots in time to be counted.

The state may appeal the ruling.
http://www.npr.org/2020/10/10/922541198/judge-rules-against-texas-limit-of-one-drop-off-site-per-county-for-absentee-bal

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