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U.S. Appeals Court Sides With Texas On One-Per-County Ballot Drop-Off - NPR

U.S. Appeals Court Sides With Texas On One-Per-County Ballot Drop-Off - NPR

U.S. Appeals Court Sides With Texas On One-Per-County Ballot Drop-Off - NPR
Oct 13, 2020 50 secs

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.

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.

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