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Related: About this forumTexas Republicans' last-minute challenge to drive-thru voting in Harris County dismissed by appeals
This was a bogus lawsuit https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/13/texas-republicans-voting-harris-county/amp/?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR3ceB0waQLfb9gQjtu7YnlMJIsXjEyNtlVQBYSxKrDXGUTZIyi8fF_rA_g
Drive-thru and curbside voting programs in Harris County can continue after a state appeals court Wednesday quickly threw out a last-minute lawsuit filed by the Texas Republican Party challenging the county's efforts to provide more voting options during the coronavirus pandemic. The state GOP had filed suit Monday night asking the court to place limits on curbside voting and halt drive-thru voting.
The appellate judges said the party and a voter who filed the suit did so too late, and did not show how they specifically might be injured by the voting practices. The lawsuit was filed just hours before early voting polls opened and more than a month after the Harris County Clerk announced his plan for drive-thru voting.
"The election is currently in progress and the relators delayed filing this mandamus until over a month after learning of the actions of the Harris County Clerks Office," the panel of three judges on Texas' 14th Court of Appeals wrote in their ruling dismissing the case.
The appellate judges said the party and a voter who filed the suit did so too late, and did not show how they specifically might be injured by the voting practices. The lawsuit was filed just hours before early voting polls opened and more than a month after the Harris County Clerk announced his plan for drive-thru voting.
"The election is currently in progress and the relators delayed filing this mandamus until over a month after learning of the actions of the Harris County Clerks Office," the panel of three judges on Texas' 14th Court of Appeals wrote in their ruling dismissing the case.
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Texas Republicans' last-minute challenge to drive-thru voting in Harris County dismissed by appeals (Original Post)
Gothmog
Oct 2020
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secondwind
(16,903 posts)1. Yes!!!
idziak4ever1234
(1,257 posts)2. Ha ha jackasses!
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)3. Very Good!!! Rachel talked with Chris Hollins last night -
Chris Hollins Harris County Clerk ..remember his name..up and coming...
Budi
(15,325 posts)4. Thank you. !!
I am so sick of this!
Gothmog
(145,168 posts)5. This makes me smile