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Texas is really going out of its way to suppress voting. “Abbott in July acted to lengthen the early voting period and allow voters to deliver completed absent
by 542354234235 6y ago
Texas is really going out of its way to suppress voting.
“Abbott in July acted to lengthen the early voting period and allow voters to deliver completed absentee ballots in person for longer than the normal period. But after large Democratic counties including Harris and Travis established several sites where voters could deliver their ballots, Abbott ordered Oct. 1 that they would be limited to one… Harris County — home to 2.4 million registered voters and spanning a greater distance than the state of Rhode Island — had designated a dozen before Abbott’s order forced them to close most sites.” [0]
[0] https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/13/texas-election-ballot-drop-off/ https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/13/texas-election-ballo...