@GregAbbott_TX reduced the number of locations where voters can drop mail-in ballots, claiming he was “enhancing ballot security.”
As of Friday, mail ballots can only be delivered by eligible voters to a single location in each of Texas’s 254 counties.
2/ #Texas #PollWatchers may observe in-person ballot deliveries at each county location.
“These enhanced security protocols will ensure greater transparency and will help stop attempts at illegal voting,” @GregAbbott_TX said
3/ Harris County, which includes Houston, is the third-largest county in the country by population with 2 million registered voters. Before Abbott’s announcement, the county had a dozen ballot drop-off locations. #TX is one of five states already barring widespread mail-in voting
4/ @GregAbbott_TX has resisted calls to expand voter eligibility and courts have sided with Republican leaders who say it’s too late to change voting rules, that fear of catching COVID-19 shouldn’t qualify voters for mail-in ballots.
5/ “Abbott is trying to adjust the rules last minute,” said Texas Democratic Party Chair @HinojosaTX, “…Democracy itself is on the ballot.”
6/ My 70 year-old mom is among those now trying to figure out where she can go to ensure her mail in ballot in cast.
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