The Texas GOP wants the state to adopt laws in the 2023 legislative session that would further restrict voting by shortening the early voting period from two weeks to one and by no longer letting any senior vote by mail. | via TexasStandard
, this means they want the state to adopt laws in the 2023 legislative session that would further restrict voting by shortening the early voting period from two weeks to one and by no longer letting any senior vote by mail.
Under legislation that would limit seniors from voting by mail, instead of letting anyone over the age of 65 have the option, as they have for decades, seniors would instead only be able to do so with an excuse. “The argument they made during the convention was that, ‘look, people 65 and up can go to the grocery store and they can go to the post office, and they sure as heck can get to the voting site to go vote as well,’ in their estimation,” Wallace said. “But this is a long-standing tradition in Texas. Texas is one of the pioneers on allowing people 65 and up to be able to vote absentee.
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