Texas Democrats ask U.S. Supreme Court to expand mail voting
AUSTIN — The Texas Democratic Party on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to expand mail voting to all voters in the state.
The party, which has fought to expand mail voting during the COVID-19 global pandemic since April, asked the Supreme Court to intervene in two ways.
First, it asked the court to lift a stay imposed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and allow to stand a lower court’s decision to let every voter in the state cast a mail ballot. In a separate filing, the party asked the Supreme Court to hear its full case before the November elections.
The Democrats’ case argues that Texas’ election code violates the U.S. Constitution’s 26th amendment — which prohibits voting laws that discriminate on the basis of age -- by allowing voters over 65 to vote by mail, but denying that to those under that age.
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