Gov. Greg Abbott extends early voting for November election by six days, starting Oct. 13

[RandySF]

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday extended the early voting period for the November election by six days, citing continued challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Early voting for the Nov. 3 election will now begin Oct. 13 instead of Oct. 19. The end date remains Oct. 30.

The extension of the early voting period is not a surprise. During a TV interview in late May, Abbott said he would add more time to the early voting period for the November election — as he did for the primary runoff election earlier this month — but did not elaborate.

Last week, Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins asked Abbott to provide more details so that election officials could have enough time to prepare. In a letter to the governor, Hollins requested that Abbott move the start date to Oct. 13 at the latest.



https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/27/texas-greg-abbott-early-voting-november/

[dhill926]

1. not very republican of him....

what's up?

[LeftInTX]

2. We were hoping for 2 more weeks

He also added some weird declaration to be able to drop off mail ballots, which only benefits small (cough cough..Republican) counties.

Yes, I can just see a county of 2 million dropping off mail ballots at one location. We're better off using the post office

[dhill926]

3. ah...thanks for the update...