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Texas to allow for 100% mail in ballots (possibly)
Posted on 5/19/20 at 7:59 pm
Posted on 5/19/20 at 7:59 pm
Texas Tribune Link
quote:
A federal judge opened a path for a massive expansion in absentee voting in Texas by ordering Tuesday that all state voters, regardless of age, qualify for mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.
Days after a two-hour preliminary injunction hearing in San Antonio, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery agreed with individual Texas voters and the Texas Democratic Party that voters would face irreparable harm if existing age eligibility rules for voting by mail remain in place for elections held while the coronavirus remains in wide circulation.
Under his order, which the Texas attorney general said he would immediately appeal, voters under the age of 65 who would ordinarily not qualify for mail-in ballots would now be eligible. Biery's ruling covers Texas voters "who seek to vote by mail to avoid transmission of the virus."
In a lengthy order, which he opened by quoting the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, Biery said he had concerns for the health and safety of voters and stated the right to vote "should not be elusively based on the whims of nature." "Two hundred forty-years on, Americans now seek Life without fear of pandemic, Liberty to choose their leaders in an environment free of disease and the pursuit of Happiness without undue restrictions,"
Biery wrote. "There are some among us who would, if they could, nullify those aspirational ideas to return to the not so halcyon and not so thrilling days of yesteryear of the Divine Right of Kings, trading our birthright as a sovereign people for a modern mess of governing pottage in the hands of a few and forfeiting the vision of America as a shining city upon a hill," he said.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:01 pm to Redleg Guy
What fricking horse shite
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:03 pm to Redleg Guy
quote:LINK
A Michigan election official on Monday was arrested on charges of voter fraud in connection with her oversight of the November 2018 election, much to the surprise and dismay of state Democrats. Southfield City Clerk Sherikia L. Hawkins, 38, was charged with six felony criminal counts, including falsifying records, forgery of a public records, misconduct in office, and three counts of using a computer to commit a crime, according to a press release from the Michigan Attorney General’s Office. Hawkins was praised just four months ago by the Michigan Democratic Party, and was a Dingell/Levin Award honoree.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:03 pm to udtiger
I wonder how people voted in 1918?
1968?
Oh..that's right.
1968?
Oh..that's right.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:04 pm to Redleg Guy
Texas will never allow this to happen
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:06 pm to Redleg Guy
Looks like Texas will go to Creepy Uncle Joe.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:06 pm to Redleg Guy
quote:
A federal judge opened a path for a massive expansion in absentee voting in Texas by ordering Tuesday that all state voters, regardless of age, qualify for mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Secretary of State doesn't have to certify those ballots.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:08 pm to Redleg Guy
quote:
Biery wrote:
he said.
This post was edited on 5/19/20 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:08 pm to Redleg Guy
Not going to happen. Austin Democrats deranged liberal fantasies.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:11 pm to Redleg Guy
I hate to say this, but I think if this makes it to the Supreme Court, they’ll side with mail-in voting. They’ll contend that the right to vote is paramount. Just my suspicion. Especially with Roberts still there
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:13 pm to dpd901
quote:
I hate to say this, but I think if this makes it to the Supreme Court, they’ll side with mail-in voting.
"In response to the Supreme Court ruling, the Secretary of State put significant restrictions on mail-in ballots in order for those ballots to be eligible for certification"
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:13 pm to dpd901
without vote integrity, the right is meaningless
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:15 pm to SSpaniel
At least get the gif with her tata's
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:16 pm to Redleg Guy
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This post was edited on 5/26/23 at 8:30 am
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:19 pm to Redleg Guy
They know that’s the only way they can win.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:21 pm to Redleg Guy
It’s not happening in Texas!! States control elections
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:23 pm to Redleg Guy
Watch those dem ballots multiply
Posted on 5/19/20 at 8:23 pm to dpd901
quote:
I hate to say this, but I think if this makes it to the Supreme Court, they’ll side with mail-in voting. They’ll contend that the right to vote is paramount. Just my suspicion. Especially with Roberts still there
The same Roberts that neutered the Voting Rights Act? I don't think so.
States have absolute authority to set the manner and method of elections. This judge is begging for a bench-slap.
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