Posted on 06/04/2020 3:19:34 PM PDT by Libloather
A federal appeals court on Thursday continued to keep on hold any expansion of mail voting in Texas, where President Donald Trump has cheered on a fight against relaxing balloting rules amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The decision by 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is not the last word on the matter, but it stops, for now, a lower-court ruling that had opened the door for Texas' 16 million registered voters to cast ballots by mail. The case remains before the court with primary runoff elections in Texas, which are set for July 14, now less than six weeks away.
Trump has railed against mail voting in recent months, arguing on Twitter that there is "NO WAY" that expanding the practice "will be anything less than substantially fraudulent."
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opposed any expansion of voting by mail and commended the court for its decision Thursday.
“I applaud the Fifth Circuit for staying the federal court’s erroneous decision and preventing widespread mail-in balloting while the case proceeds.
Allowing universal mail-in ballots, which are particularly vulnerable to fraud, would only lead to greater election fraud and disenfranchise lawful voters,” said Paxton. “The unanimous Fifth Circuit ruling puts a stop to this blatant violation of Texas law.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcdfw.com ...
Keep in mind if not for RINO Senators voting for TRUMP’S JUDGES, almost perfectly, we would be losing these cases, and likely losing Texas as the harvesting could then kick in.
If you wish to Vote by Mail in Texas.
Fill out a Vote by Mail Application and Mark that you have a Disability. You do not need to write the type of disability.
The application does not ask the type of disability.
A voter can define their own disability.
Is “Democrat” a disability?
Nothing like the intersection of a headline and an editor....
From how I read it, the voter defines their disability and mental health problems count as a disability. So, yes.
Yes! I knew the appeals court would overturn it.
From the article: “But voting fraud is rare. . .” What is correct is that evidence of voting fraud is rare because it is almost never investigated and verification is difficult and subjective.
If the Democrats eventually win vote by mail in Texas, we will not be able to overcome the voter fraud and ballot harvesting sufficient to keep the state red. Remember, Sen. Cruz won against Beto by low single digits and the latest Quinnipiac shows Trump and Biden neck and neck. (I know, polls also indicated that Hillary was going to win)
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