TX Republicans 5th Circuit. appeal of Harris County voting case only addresses voting tomorrow

[Nevilledog]

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Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
🚨BREAKING: Texas Republicans appeal Harris County voting case to 5th Circuit. BUT--They are only seeking to block it for tomorrow (E-Day) no mention of past voting during early vote period.

🚨ALERT: REPUBLICANS HAVE APPEALED IN TEXAS
Republicans have appealed our voting rights victory in Texas to the Fifth Circuit.
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[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Someone please translate.

[LisaL]

2. They want to stop drive through voting tomorrow.

It's not going to affect ballots already cast.

[greenjar_01]

3. They are trying to stop drive-through voting on election day

But no longer contesting the validity of the 127,000 votes cast in drive-through voting during the early voting period.

A more or less complete fold, in other words.

[LisaL]

4. There is a pandemic going on.

Yet they want to stop a safer way of voting.

[NoMoreRepugs]

8. Loooong day for me, appreciate the clarification.

[DrToast]

20. If you already voted via drive through, your vote counts

It will only impact tomorrow.

[AlexSFCA]

5. that's a relief that the ballots will be counted

if most have already voted then the lines tomorrow shouldn’t be as bad.

[Iliyah]

6. Sounds like good news . . .

127,000 previous drop off is ok. Any drop off on Nov. 3rd will be invalid.

[In It to Win It]

14. ...assuming the court grants the "relief" requested

[RockRaven]

7. Kind of sounds like they are chickening out...

If you're gonna ask the courts to rig the election, isn't that a "go big or go home" moment?

Or do they really believe that it's gonna be so close they NEED this marginal advantage to be granted by the courts in order to prevail and don't want to risk it by overreaching?

[Claustrum]

11. The real purpose of these law suits aren't just for throwing those ballots out.

It is to sew doubt into drive through voting. If you were going to use drive through yesterday, you might have picked another method. Same thing as this law suit, if you are going to use drive through tomorrow, you might consider another method. And when people reconsider, they might end up not voting.

[vercetti2021]

9. Honestly I see it like this

Texas is on the verge of flipping and it very well could tomorrow. They don't want anyone to vote easily

[Iliyah]

12. That's on GOP . . .

I guess they figure all GOPs who vote for shithole is fine and can vote in person. It is a win for the 127,000 which all are not Democrats. Some are others, some are GOP.

[marylandblue]

10. An appeal for election day forces an immediate decision and keeps the issue alive

If the decision is favorable, they can appeal the rest. But I doubt this will work. Drive through voting doesn't harm them but does harm voters who want to use it.

[gratuitous]

13. So they want to change the rules while the game's in progress

Ask any Texas Republican how they'd feel in this scenario: Their favorite football team is behind 21-17, ball on the opponent's eight yard line. Time for one more play, and the other team wants to change the rules so a touchdown counts for two points, and a field goal is worth one point. They'd be okay with that, right?

[Nevilledog]

17. That's different. Football is sacred.

[world wide wally]

15. WHY are fucking Republicans ALWAYS trying to stop someone or another from voting?

This is getting fucking old!
Maybe try coming up with some ideas that will help people like your sorry asses.

[Spider Jerusalem]

18. Because they can only win if they cheat

depressing minority turnout one way or another is essential to any Republican path to victory.

[Gothmog]

16. Hotze is not seeking to void ballots already casted

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[The Magistrate]

19. Sounds Like They Are Shooting Themselves In the Foot, Sir

Their hope is that their voters will predominate on 'the day', and they had better hope, because ours seem to be well advanced already. One would think they would want things as easy as possible tomorrow....