Greg Abbott's limit of one absentee ballot drop-off spot per county to stand, saying voters have many options.
A federal appeals court is allowing Texas Gov.
Greg Abbott's limit of one absentee ballot drop-off spot per county to stand, saying voters have many options.
Texas can limit absentee ballot drop-off spots to one per county, a federal appeals court said, reversing a lower court's ruling from days ago.
The appeals court said U.S.
District Judge Robert Pitman – who on Friday blocked the Texas plan to limit counties to one drop-off location – had "myopically" focused on voter restrictions in Abbott's Oct.
Even with the drop-off limit, Texas voters have many options to cast their ballots, the court said.
"These methods for remote voting outstrip what Texas law previously permitted in a pre-COVID world," the court said.
The court agreed with the state's assertion that Abbott's rule is a refinement of an expansion of voting options, not a restriction of rights.