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Hanen is a right-wing nutjob. Keep your fingers crossed he does what's correct-allowing legally cast votes to count.
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The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)The judge in the matter might as well be a member of the RNC, and can be relied on to rule wrongly out of his own bias, but it would be nice to have more witnesses to his malfeasance.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)Zack Despart @zachdespart and at least one other @ErnestScheyder
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)I can't wait for this to all be over.
EleanorR
(2,390 posts)Following along, trying to breathe.
BComplex
(8,049 posts)By the thousands, for a start.
Chainfire
(17,536 posts)babylonsister
(171,057 posts)Can a district judge overrule the TX SC?
Texas Supreme Court rejects Republican-led effort to throw out nearly 127,000 Harris County votes
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/01/texas-drive-thru-votes-harris-county/
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)Most people seem to think the judge here will give the TXSC ruling a lot of weight though. I hope he does.
babylonsister
(171,057 posts)getagrip_already
(14,742 posts)If the judge decides that the state law violates the constitution or existing federal law he can order compliance.
But wait... It can be appealed... To a full panel of the most conservative judges appointed by trump and pushed through mcconnels senate.
But Wait... There's scotus... uhhm, you get the idea.
And the election is tomorrow, where over 125k voters, many disabled, need to scramble to get to a polling station during a pandemic.