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RandySF

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Fri Jun 26, 2020, 06:51 PM Jun 2020

Supreme Court denies Texas Democrats' bid to expand mail voting before July primary

The Supreme Court on Friday dealt a blow to Texas Democrats who had asked the justices to allow expanded access to mail-in voting ahead of the state's primary runoff next month.

The justices let stand an appeals court ruling that halted a U.S. district judge's previous order allowing any voter who cites concerns about the pandemic to vote by mail.

Under current Texas rules, only voters with a “qualifying reason” — advanced age, disability, incarceration or planned travel — can mail in ballots. Republican state officials oppose broadening the criteria, citing the potential for fraud, though election analysts and fact-checkers have found that voting fraud targeting mail-in balloting is extremely rare.

Texas Democrats have sought for months to expand the definition of “disability” to include those with concerns about the potential health implications of in-person voting during a pandemic.

The issue sparked months of court fights and prompted the state party's request that the Supreme Court pause the appeals court ruling — which the justices denied Friday.

“We are disappointed that the Supreme Court did not weigh in now and provide needed relief and clarity for voters ahead of the primary runoff," Texas Democratic Party Chairperson Gilberto Hinojosa said in a statement.



https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/504775-supreme-court-denies-texas-democrats-bid-to-expand-mail-voting

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Supreme Court denies Texas Democrats' bid to expand mail voting before July primary (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2020 OP
Damn. a kennedy Jun 2020 #1
Is That The Texas Supreme Court Or The U.S. Supreme Court?.....nt global1 Jun 2020 #2
Amazingly poorly written report by The Hill.for whatever reason...Should say US Supreme Court.. asiliveandbreathe Jun 2020 #3
Every voter has a qualifying reason. C_U_L8R Jun 2020 #4

asiliveandbreathe

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3. Amazingly poorly written report by The Hill.for whatever reason...Should say US Supreme Court..
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 07:24 PM
Jun 2020
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/26/us-supreme-court-rejects-texas-democrats-effort-expand-absentee-voting/

Justice Samuel Alito — whose oversight of federal courts includes cases coming through Texas — on Friday issued the court's denial of the Texas Democratic Party’s request to let a federal district judge's order to expand mail-in voting take effect while the case is on appeal.


But then, in this article..another Dem. request still left pending..

Still left pending is the Democrats separate request for the justices to take up their case before the November general election. The party’s case focuses primarily on the claim that the state's age restrictions for voting by mail violate the 26th Amendment's protections against voting restrictions that discriminate based on age.
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