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Texas Supreme Court stays order that had blocked Gov. Greg Abbott’s mail ballot drop-off limits

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12:26 PM on Oct 24, 2020 CDTAUSTIN — The Texas Supreme Court on Saturday a lower court’s order that had Gov. Greg Abbott’s order limiting counties to one mail ballot drop-off site.The decision followed a ruling Friday by Texas' Austin-based Third Court of Appeals that had upheld a . The state had appealed the Third Court of Appeals order.The state Supreme Court was still reviewing whether to take further action in the case and ordered both sides to file their responses by 5 p.m. Monday. By then, there will be just more than one week left for voters to return their mail ballots in person to early voting clerks around the state.The centers on whether local elected officials can accept mail ballots at satellite offices. Harris County had told voters it would accept such ballots at 11 of the early voting clerk’s annexes. Travis County and Fort Bend Counties also planned to offer multiple drop-off sites.But on Oct. 1, Abbott, a Republican, issued an order limiting each county to one drop-off site. He cited the need to prevent voter fraud as his main reason.Several Texas chapters of the Anti-Defamation League, the government watchdog group Common Cause, and two Texas voters filed suit against the state, saying Abbott’s order overstepped the governor’s authority in the Texas Constitution and violated equal rights of voters.Under the state Constitution, they argued, local elected officials, not the governor, are in charge of administering elections. By limiting large and populous counties to one drop-off site, Abbott created burdens for voters in those counties that voters in smaller and less populous counties did not face because they would not have to travel far or wait in long lines, potentially being exposed to COVID-19.The plaintiffs also argued that the secretary of state’s office and the attorney general’s office had already acknowledged that, under statute, the early voting clerk’s office included satellite offices.On Oct. 15, State District Judge Tim Sulak, a Democrat in Austin, blocked Abbott’s order. The state appealed, but three Democrats on the Third Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Sulak had made no reversible errors. They let his ruling stand.The Supreme Court, which is made up entirely of Republicans, may now decide whether the lower courts erred in blocking the order and whether Abbott’s order violated state law.Receive the latest political news delivered every Tuesday and Thursday from reporters in Austin, Dallas and Washington.By signing up you agree to our

12:26 PM on Oct 24, 2020 CDTAUSTIN — The Texas Supreme Court on Saturday a lower court’s order that had Gov. Greg Abbott’s order limiting counties to one mail ballot drop-off site.The decision followed a ruling Friday by Texas' Austin-based Third Court of Appeals that had upheld a . The state had appealed the Third Court of Appeals order.The state Supreme Court was still reviewing whether to take further action in the case and ordered both sides to file their responses by 5 p.m. Monday. By then, there will be just more than one week left for voters to return their mail ballots in person to...

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