Greg Abbott seems to want to make it more difficult for Democrats to vote on the eve of a competitive election
Enough with the whole “voting” thing. Photo: Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool/Getty Images Governor Greg Abbott of Texas issued an order Thursday that will require multiple ballot drop-off sites to close, limiting counties — including heavily populated ones that skew Democratic — to a single location where voters can deliver marked mail-in ballots.
Anticipating a surge in mail-in voting due to the pandemic as well as concerns about the U.S. Postal Service’s ability to handle the influx, some counties have opened several locations where voters can deliver completed ballots in person. Three of the four locations in Travis County, which includes liberal Austin, first opened on Thursday; Harris County, which includes Houston and has a population of 4.7 million people , has opened 12 such sites.
Abbott’s proclamation is an amendment to his July 27 order, which, in light of the pandemic, provided extra time for early voting and waived a state law that limits ballot delivery to Election Day by permitting early mail-in-ballot delivery. It seems that with the polls not looking good for President Trump and with other state Republicans in danger, the governor has had a change of heart about allowing voters too many rights.
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