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Voters sue over Texas age restriction on voting by mail
Six Texas voters are suing the state, claiming its law allowing anyone over 65 to vote by mail regardless of their personal circumstances discriminates against young voters.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. district court in San Antonio, argues that the restriction violates the 26th Amendment, which states that the right of anyone 18 and over to vote can’t be “denied or abridged.”
It is the latest in a series of legal battles Democrats have sparked in Texas seeking to expand voting rights leading up to the November general election. Most recently, with the pandemic threatening to curb in-person turnout, the suits have honed in on vote-by-mail accessibility.
Under the law, voters under 65 may only vote absentee if they meet certain criteria, such as if they will be absent from the county where they are registered to vote for the entirety of election day, are confined in jail but otherwise eligible to vote or have a sickness or physical condition preventing them from voting in person. Fewer than 7 percent of Texas voters mailed in ballots in 2018.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. district court in San Antonio, argues that the restriction violates the 26th Amendment, which states that the right of anyone 18 and over to vote can’t be “denied or abridged.”
It is the latest in a series of legal battles Democrats have sparked in Texas seeking to expand voting rights leading up to the November general election. Most recently, with the pandemic threatening to curb in-person turnout, the suits have honed in on vote-by-mail accessibility.
Under the law, voters under 65 may only vote absentee if they meet certain criteria, such as if they will be absent from the county where they are registered to vote for the entirety of election day, are confined in jail but otherwise eligible to vote or have a sickness or physical condition preventing them from voting in person. Fewer than 7 percent of Texas voters mailed in ballots in 2018.
Read the rest at: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Voters-sue-over-Texas-age-restriction-on-voting-15234239.php
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