A voting rights group had argued that getting a doctor’s sign-off would be too burdensome for many voters, particularly people of color.
A poll worker stamps a voter's ballot before dropping it into a secure box on October 13, 2020, in Austin, Texas.
A county judge issued an order earlier this month that lifted the doctor’s note rule for the Nov. 3 election, but on Oct. 23 an appeals court put it back in place. MOVE said it won’t ask the state Supreme Court to weigh in before the election. Instead, MOVE has launched an “” to connect voters with volunteer physicians who are willing to meet virtually and digitally sign late ballot applications.
When MOVE filed suit in Travis County court, 96 cases of COVID-19 were being diagnosed in the area per day, meaning that more than 1,000 people in that county alone would be diagnosed with COVID-19 between the deadline and Election Day, with greater numbers statewide, the nonprofit argued. The pandemic has killed more than 16,000 Texans and infected nearly 800,000.
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