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RandySF

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Mon Sep 7, 2020, 04:25 PM Sep 2020

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 Hollins’s efforts to make absentee ballots widely available trusts voters, protecting those who are vulnerable from unnecessary exposure in this new Covid world in which we’re living,” Butt wrote. “It’s 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 Hollins’s efforts to make absentee ballots widely available trusts voters, protecting those who are vulnerable from unnecessary exposure in this new Covid world in which we’re living,” Butt wrote. “It’s always been my impression that the more people who vote, the stronger our democracy will be.”


https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/H-E-B-owner-sides-with-harris-county-mail-ballot-15540733.php

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H-E-B owner sides with Harris County, says mail-in ballots make a 'stronger' democracy (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2020 OP
This is a great letter Gothmog Sep 2020 #1
. dalton99a Sep 2020 #2
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