Vote-by-mail in Texas hits a snag!!!!
May 21, 2020 21:29:59 #
ederal Appeals Court In Texas Halts Expansion Of Mail-In Voter Eligibility To People Concerned Over COVID-19
The fight over absentee ballots is heating up in the Lone Star State as a court grants a request to pause efforts to extend vote-by-mail eligibility.
Wednesday’s decision reversed a ruling made the day earlier by a U.S. district judge in San Antonio that said fear of contracting coronavirus should be considered a “disability” and therefore make a voter eligible to vote by mail.
State Attorney General Ken Paxton said the current definition of disability should not extend to those who are just concerned about sickness. The circuit court is now considering whether to nullify the earlier ruling permanently.
Meanwhile, Paxton appeared before a virtual meeting of the Texas Supreme Court Wednesday to request the ability to restrict election officials from sending absentee ballots to voters who cite coronavirus concerns.
Current state law requires people under the age of 65 to provide an “excuse” like a disability when requesting an absentee ballot. However, the court was skeptical. It pointed out that a voter does not have to provide details of their disability and the excuse does not have to be verified in order to receive a ballot.
Two-thirds of all election fraud cases prosecuted by my office involve mail ballot fraud, also known as ‘vote harvesting.’ Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General
County representatives from El Paso argued the attorney general was expecting them to “police voter disability claims,” which would violate state and federal law.
The Texas solicitor general eventually conceded election officials were not able to deny an absentee request on the basis of a disability regardless of its relation to the coronavirus.
The Texas Democrat Party has been instructed to respond to the federal ruling by the end of Thursday and the state Supreme Court is likely to release their decision before the mail-in ballot deadline in July.
The fight over absentee ballots is heating up in the Lone Star State as a court grants a request to pause efforts to extend vote-by-mail eligibility.
Wednesday’s decision reversed a ruling made the day earlier by a U.S. district judge in San Antonio that said fear of contracting coronavirus should be considered a “disability” and therefore make a voter eligible to vote by mail.
State Attorney General Ken Paxton said the current definition of disability should not extend to those who are just concerned about sickness. The circuit court is now considering whether to nullify the earlier ruling permanently.
Meanwhile, Paxton appeared before a virtual meeting of the Texas Supreme Court Wednesday to request the ability to restrict election officials from sending absentee ballots to voters who cite coronavirus concerns.
Current state law requires people under the age of 65 to provide an “excuse” like a disability when requesting an absentee ballot. However, the court was skeptical. It pointed out that a voter does not have to provide details of their disability and the excuse does not have to be verified in order to receive a ballot.
Two-thirds of all election fraud cases prosecuted by my office involve mail ballot fraud, also known as ‘vote harvesting.’ Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General
County representatives from El Paso argued the attorney general was expecting them to “police voter disability claims,” which would violate state and federal law.
The Texas solicitor general eventually conceded election officials were not able to deny an absentee request on the basis of a disability regardless of its relation to the coronavirus.
The Texas Democrat Party has been instructed to respond to the federal ruling by the end of Thursday and the state Supreme Court is likely to release their decision before the mail-in ballot deadline in July.
May 21, 2020 21:55:39 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
If you are such a chickensh** that you won’t stand in line to vote where I’m sure social distancing guidelines will be enforced you have no business voting.
ldsuttonjr wrote:
ederal Appeals Court In Texas Halts Expansion Of M... (show quote)
May 21, 2020 22:18:13 #
May 22, 2020 01:19:31 #
Let's see.
Men died so that we can vote.
Now sheep want to stay at home in the comfort of their Laz-E-boy and listen to the instructions of their local Democrat Precinct Captain on who to vote for before he picks up their ballot to mail for them, just to make sure their is no mail voting fraud.
Men died so that we can vote.
Now sheep want to stay at home in the comfort of their Laz-E-boy and listen to the instructions of their local Democrat Precinct Captain on who to vote for before he picks up their ballot to mail for them, just to make sure their is no mail voting fraud.
May 22, 2020 09:07:19 #
ldsuttonjr wrote:
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In cally everyone gets one so they can vote twice! No one with integrity with count them! U can bet on that!
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