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2 Nov, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Breaking: A federal judge rejected a request by a conservative activist and three Republican candidates to toss out nearly 127,000 votes cast at drive-thru polling sites in Harris County, Texas’ most populous, and largely Democratic, county. bit.ly/2TJNmHI
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen, a George W. Bush appointee, follows two earlier decisions by the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court rejecting similar efforts by Republicans challenging the validity of drive-thru voting in the county.
Although Hanen's ruling is still expected to be appealed, it appears to clear the way for counting of the early voting drive-thru ballots on #ElectionDay.
Ten percent of Harris County's in-person early voters cast their ballots at the county’s 10 drive-thru locations.
Dismissing the votes would have been a monumental disenfranchisement of voters in a presidential election besieged with fights over voter suppression and fraud.

Read more: bit.ly/2TJNmHI #tx2020

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