The ruling temporarily reinstates portions of Texas’ 2021 voting law regulating ballot handling, which a lower court judge called overly vague.
A federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated portions of Texas’ 2021 voting law regulating ballot handling, ruling that a judge’s previous decision to strike certain rules came too close to the 2024 election. The ruling, issued by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, means the provisions aimed at preventing “vote harvesting” will stay in effect through at least Nov. 5, and that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is cleared to investigate into the practice.
Ken Paxton vows to fight court ruling that blocks him from investigating vote harvesting The case was initiated by a group of civil rights organizations in 2021, soon after the law was passed. Rodriguez oversaw a lengthy, three-year trial that included more than 80 witnesses. Paxton had vowed to fight the ruling and continue investigations into alleged vote harvesting.
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