Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks Harris County from sending mail-in ballot applications to all

[RandySF]

The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily blocked Harris County from sending mail-in ballot applications to all its voters for the November election.

The decision Wednesday came in response to a lawsuit filed days ago by Republicans in the state’s largest county. Attorney General Ken Paxton has since launched his own legal challenge to the plan.

Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins announced last month that the county would send applications to its more than 2.4 million registered voters, an effort to make it easier to participate in the election during the coronavirus pandemic. After being sued by Paxton, Hollins said he would only send applications to voters 65 and older, who are eligible to vote by mail under state law, pending the litigation. A spokesperson said Wednesday that those plans haven't changed.

In June, ahead of the July primary runoff, Hollins’ office sent out roughly 380,000 mail-in ballot applications to voters over 65, a spokesperson said. This time, it will send around 295,000.



https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/02/Harris-County-absentee-ballott/

[Iliyah]

1. republicans sure don't want people to vote. . . .

[bluestarone]

2. Oh yea that's their plan!

They will do anything to keep this asshole in office!! So WE better be ready to do everything to keep him out of OUR house!!

[LisaL]

3. While that might be true, I am not sure

why Harris county clerk wants to send absentee applications to everyone in the county. TX doesn't allow people to vote absentee unless they met a certain criteria, such as over 65 years old.
So most of the people won't be eligible to vote absentee.