Texas Attorney General Asks Supreme Court to Weigh in on Voting by Mail

[LeftInTX]

We all knew Paxton was gonna pull a fast one!

by Alexa Ura,
The Texas Tribune May 13, 2020
In a bit of judicial leapfrog, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the Texas Supreme Court to weigh in on his interpretation of how voters can qualify for absentee ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.

Various lawsuits are pending over whether eligibility for mail-in ballots can be expanded to voters who risk contracting the virus by voting in person. Paxton believes it can’t, and Wednesday asked the state’s highest civil court to issue a relatively rare writ of mandamus preventing local election officials from doing so.

In a motion filed Wednesday, the Republican attorney general asked the Texas Supreme Court to order election officials in some of the biggest, largely Democratic counties in the state to follow his reading of existing eligibility requirements for absentee voting, arguing the court must step in quickly because those county officials intend to apply an “incorrect reading” of state law.

Federal and state courts are considering legal challenges to the state’s rules for voting by mail that seek to extend eligibility to voters who lack immunity to the new coronavirus. Primary runoff elections are set for July, and new ground rules could also come into play for the November general election.

https://therivardreport.com/texas-attorney-general-asks-supreme-court-to-weigh-in-on-voting-by-mail/

[cayugafalls]

1. Paxton, Abbott, Patrick all deserve jail.

I'm sick of these thugs...

[walkingman]

2. Paxton is Texas' Trump - Nasty, Bully, and without Ethics. Abbott is like Pence, a religious nutjob.

Patrick is just a total moron.