H-E-B owner sides with Harris County, says mail-in ballots make a 'stronger' democracy
Charles Butt, the billionaire owner of the San Antonio-based grocery chain H-E-B, sent a letter to the Texas Supreme Court this week, siding with Harris County on its original plan to send mail ballot applications to all registered voters ahead of the November election.
In the letter, Butt argued that Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins plan was permissible under the Texas Election Code.
Clerk Hollinss efforts to make absentee ballots widely available trusts voters, protecting those who are vulnerable from unnecessary exposure in this new Covid world in which were living, Butt wrote. Its always been my impression that the more people who vote, the stronger our democracy will be.
Charles Butt, the billionaire owner of the San Antonio-based grocery chain H-E-B, sent a letter to the Texas Supreme Court this week, siding with Harris County on its original plan to send mail ballot applications to all registered voters ahead of the November election.
In the letter, Butt argued that Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins plan was permissible under the Texas Election Code.
Clerk Hollinss efforts to make absentee ballots widely available trusts voters, protecting those who are vulnerable from unnecessary exposure in this new Covid world in which were living, Butt wrote. Its always been my impression that the more people who vote, the stronger our democracy will be.
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