On "The Circus," Patrick flails on a number of voting questions
With less than three weeks until election day, The Circus came to Texas. More specifically, Showtime’s The Circus, a television documentary series in its fifth season, now chronicling the 2020 election. In the latest episode, a crew traveled to Texas and scored an interview with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and grilled him on the state’s decision to limit mail-in ballot drop-off boxes to only one per county.
Mark McKinnon, co-creator and producer of the show and a long-time political advisor for Texas candidates in both parties, first visited Harris County and the site of the only mail-in ballot drop-off location in Houston at NRG Arena. McKinnon spoke with Andre Segura, Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas.
McKinnon pointed out that Harris County is larger than Rhode Island with a population of over 4.7 million. The smallest county in Texas, Loving, has 121 registered voters. And yet both counties have just one mail-in ballot drop-off location. Harris County officials had planned to have eleven additional drop-off locations for mail-in ballots.
Segura said when it comes to having one ballot drop-off location in Houston, it’s clear who Republicans are targeting. “The balance is really off and people of color and people with disabilities [end up] bearing the brunt of these policies.”
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