A federal judge blocked an order by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that restricted the number of locations where voters can hand-deliver mail-in ballots in each county a month before the election.
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman ordered on Friday that the state is barred from implementing or enforcing the Republican governor's order, arguing that it would put vulnerable voters at risk. Those eligible to vote early by mail in Texas must be 65 years or older, be sick or disabled, be out of their county on voting days or be confined in jail but otherwise eligible.
The judge also wrote that voters run the risk of disenfranchisement"if the USPS is unable to deliver their ballots in time."Texas Gov. Greg Abbott visits Lake Jackson, Texas, Sept. 29, 2020.Pitman issued the injunction against Abbott's Oct. 1 proclamation, which limited the number of locations where eligible voters could deliver their mail-in ballots to a single early voting clerk's office, regardless of county size, effective the following day.
On Saturday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an emergency appeal in an attempt to halt the judge's order. “Governor Greg Abbott is trying to prey on the fear of the pandemic which will keep Hispanics from wanting to risk their lives by going to the polls in person," LULAC president Domingo Garcia said in a statement issued Friday."Instead, they and many other qualified, legal voters prefer to safeguard their well-being by dropping off their ballot at authorized locations near them and today’s injunction guarantees they will be able to do so.
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