Texas Supreme Court: Lack of immunity to coronavirus alone isn't enough for mail-in ballot

[RandySF]

The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a lack of immunity to the new coronavirus does not qualify a voter to apply for a mail-in ballot.

In the latest twist in the legal fight over voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic, the court agreed with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that the risk of contracting the virus alone does not meet the state’s qualifications for voting by mail.

“We agree with the State that a voter’s lack of immunity to COVID-19, without more, is not a ‘disability’ as defined by the Election Code,” the court wrote.

Texas voters can qualify for mail-in ballots only if they are 65 years or older, have a disability or illness, will be out of the county during the election period, or are confined in jail. The Texas election code defines disability as a “sickness or physical condition” that prevents a voter from appearing in person without the risk of “injuring the voter’s health.”

Though the court sided with Paxton's interpretation of what constitutes a disability, it indicated it was up to voters to assess their own health and determine if they met the state's definition.




https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/27/texas-vote-by-mail-coronavirus/

[bubbazero]

1. WAIT JUST ONE DAMN MINUTE

if this is true--The Texas election code defines disability as a “sickness or physical condition” that prevents a voter from appearing in person without the risk of “injuring the voter’s health.” then their argument is w/o validity--or should be!--Obviously, if a voter lacks medically defined and accepted immunity to a contagious and potentially lethal virus, which is present or may well be at time of voting, then appearing "in person" to vote WOULD IN DEED CONSTITUE A RISK OF INJURY TO SAID VOTER'S HEALTH!---------If this is illogical--please, please, correct me--I's are just dumb redneck, y'all. (No malice intended towards fellow rednecks)

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. I saw this and had to resurrect it....YES you are right, of course.

So in modern times this is how this works if you are not a rightwing SC justice who purposely avoids the law, Constitution, etc.


The "disability" applicable is the condition of being a HUMAN BEING because the HUMAN BEING is especially susceptible to the virus...so while the virus is loose and there is no vaccine, this is absolutely a case where nobody should have to vote in person.