Thread by @MarioNicolaiEsq

THREAD 1/ Late last week several prominent members of the Texas GOP filed a lawsuit to disenfranchise more than 127,000 voters in #HarrisCountyTX.

@ProjectLincoln filed an amicus last night opposing their attempts at #VoterSuppression

#DontBeDeterred #WeWillVote #Elections2020

2/ The #HarrisCountyTX Clerk added drive-thru polling places in June to provide safe, efficient voting options for voters in Houston.

After more than 127,000 Texans took advantage of that option, the plaintiffs want the practice declared illegal and the ballots thrown out.

3/ The @ProjectLincoln could not stand by and watch #VoterSuppression in #HarrisCountyTX without speaking up.

4/ As @ProjectLincoln wrote in our brief, beginning with our namesake, the Republican Party historically stood for expansion of voting rights.

From proposing and passing the 13th, 14th, 15th & 19th Amendments to the US Constitution to fighting Democratic White Primaries in TX.

5/ The @ProjectLincoln believes that if the Plaintiffs' relief is granted, it would disenfranchise more than 50,000 GOP voters, many of whom support our project and voted against @realDonaldTrump.

We believe #AllVotesMustCount, in #HarrisCountyTX and across the country.

6/ An additional amicus brief was filed by Ben Ginsberg, the GOP's most prominent election law attorney over the past 30 years.

He agrees with @ProjectLincoln - #VoterSuppression like that in #HarrisCountyTX will kill the GOP.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…

7/ A special thanks to @JacobMonty1, our local counsel in #HarrisCountyTX whose office responded immediately on a Sunday to help us get this amicus brief filed.

8/ The hearing this morning should be beginning any minute.

10:30 a.m. CT

9/ In the meantime, if anyone see #VoterSuppression across the country, @ProjectLincoln has teamed with a great organization that allows you to report it.

Please help us fight it.

#DontBeDeterred

SeeSay2020.com

10/ UPDATE:

WE WON! The judge tossed the #VoterSuppression lawsuit in #HarrisCountyTX!!!

@ProjectLincoln 1 - 0 #EnemiesOfAmerican

houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

11/ LATE NIGHT UPDATE

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals DENIED the request for a preliminary injunction against drive-thru polls.

Unfortunately, in an abundance of caution it appears that 9 of 10 locations will be close tomorrow.