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kpete

(72,005 posts) Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:10 PM Oct 2020

Fed Judge GRANTS injunction barring Abbott's order limiting counties to 1 mail-in ballot drop off

BREAKING: Federal judge GRANTS injunction barring enforcement of Gov. Abbott's order limiting counties to 1 mail-in ballot drop-off location.

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Fed Judge GRANTS injunction barring Abbott's order limiting counties to 1 mail-in ballot drop off (Original Post) kpete Oct 2020 OP

Good! soothsayer Oct 2020 #1

What is Abbott's Plan B? BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #2

The Fifth Circuit. rsdsharp Oct 2020 #3

That Circuit is bad news. It needs to be expanded, now it is pure garbage. nt Blue_true Oct 2020 #5

Great! MakeTXBlue2020 Oct 2020 #4

My concern is the Fifth Circuit over-turning the Judge. Blue_true Oct 2020 #6

Yes, it will be overturned. LeftInTX Oct 2020 #8

That is why democrats in Texas must take control there. Blue_true Oct 2020 #9

So it's good news that Karma13612 Oct 2020 #7

K&R UTUSN Oct 2020 #10

From Marc Elias Gothmog Oct 2020 #11

Arggh Gothmog Oct 2020 #12

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

1. Good!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:11 PM

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BigmanPigman

(51,615 posts)

2. What is Abbott's Plan B?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:14 PM

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He has to suppress the vote somehow.

rsdsharp

(9,188 posts)

3. The Fifth Circuit.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:16 PM

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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

5. That Circuit is bad news. It needs to be expanded, now it is pure garbage. nt

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:18 PM

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MakeTXBlue2020

(131 posts)

4. Great!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:16 PM

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I thought this might be coming. Biden's been getting closer and closer in the polls here, and sure enough Abbott goes and pulls this shady shit. But these obvious efforts to suppress the vote don't pass the smell test when brought before a reasonable judge.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

6. My concern is the Fifth Circuit over-turning the Judge.

Reply to MakeTXBlue2020 (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:26 PM

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That Appeals Court and the one that serves Florida and other southeastern states has bee successfully packed with rightwing Judges every time republicans have held the Senate.

LeftInTX

(25,464 posts)

8. Yes, it will be overturned.

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:45 PM

Oct 2020

Abbott already expanded on a Texas law that only allowed ballots to be turned in on election day. The statute is clear that each county can only have one election administrator and ballots can only be turned in there. It may seem unfair, but unfortunately the state laws are on Abbott's side in this case.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

9. That is why democrats in Texas must take control there.

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #8)

Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:52 PM

Oct 2020

Election access should be proportional to population size, counties with more population should have more drop off sites and early voting sites, in proportion to their population.

Karma13612

(4,553 posts)

7. So it's good news that

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:40 PM

Oct 2020

Won’t last?

Darn.

I could see the ruling be:

Provide more drop boxes.

But, then, I can also see the boards of elections just not picking up the ballots in the boxes. Just leave them there and forget about them until weeks later. Then someone cleans out the boxes under cover of darkness and destroys them.

Or maybe not since that could potentially hurt republican votes just as much?
I wish our election system was fair. This is just so wrong.