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US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.Texas &nbsp;asked the state’s Supreme Court to throw out more than 100,000 ballots that have already been cast just days before the next U.S.A by two GOP candidates and a Republican member of the Texas House asked the Texas Supreme Court to throw out drive-thru ballots, arguing such voting was illegal.&nbsp;The case is currently being handled by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston.The lawsuit could jeopardize the votes of more than 115,000 voters in Harris County, which includes Houston,&nbsp;&nbsp;The all-Republican Texas Supreme Court already to stop citizens from drive-thru voting. The new complaint seeks to invalidate votes that have already been cast.“Allowing an illegal voting scheme that invites corruption and fraud is tantamount to voter suppression because legal votes will be nullified by illegal votes,” the lawsuit, filed in part by Republican state Rep. Steve Toth, said.The lawsuit argued that drive-thru voting goes beyond what the Texas election code permits for curbside voting because the code’s “narrowly defined categories” do not include drive-thru voting during a pandemic.The lawsuit added that 100,000 “illegal drive-thru votes” had already been cast.Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins, named as the defendant in the lawsuit, said the plan was legal and approved by the Texas Secretary of State.“We’ll keep saying it: Drive-Thru Voting is safe, completely legal and the plan was approved by the Secretary of State.&nbsp; Every vote cast by registered voters will be counted,” Hollins&nbsp;Wednesday.&nbsp;We'll keep saying it: Drive-Thru Voting is safe, completely legal, and the plan was approved by the Secretary of State. Every vote cast by registered voters will be counted. — Harris County Clerk (@HarrisVotes)The push to invalidate the ballots ― in a state that of early voters ― is especially alarming given that conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas that they may favor throwing out some ballots after the election. Justice Brett KavanaughAbhi Rahman, a spokesman for the Texas Democratic Party, that this week’s petition was filed by “cowards.”“They are a disgrace to our state and our country,” Rahman told the publication. “They are so afraid of losing this election because Texans are rising up.”Austin argued in a memo prepared for Harris County that the purpose of state voting laws is to preserve the right to vote, not take it away.“If a court or other authority were to decide to invalidate those votes, it would require ignoring or overruling more than a century of Texas law,” Heath said.The case now goes before conservative Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court, who scheduled an emergency hearing for Monday morning, Slate courts reporter &nbsp;tweeted Saturday.Calling all HuffPost superfans!Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapterDo you have information you want to share with HuffPost?Your vote is your voice! It is your right and your responsibility. For your voice to be heard, in most states you must register before you can vote. For the Nov 3 election: States are making it easier for citizens to vote absentee by mail this year due to the coronavirus. Each state has its own rules for mail-in absentee voting. Visit your state election office website to find out if you can vote by mail. Sometimes circumstances make it hard or impossible for you to vote on Election Day. But your state may let you vote during a designated early voting period. You don't need an excuse to vote early. Visit your state election office website to find out whether they offer early voting. Polling hours on Election Day: Varies by state/localityToday is National Voter Registration Day!We made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote!

US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.Texas &nbsp;asked the state’s Supreme Court to throw out more than 100,000 ballots that have already been cast just days before the next U.S.A by two GOP candidates and a Republican member of the Texas House asked the Texas Supreme Court to throw out drive-thru ballots, arguing such voting was illegal.&nbsp;The case is currently being handled by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in...

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