(NPR) Judge Rules Against Texas Limit Of One Drop-Off Site Per County For Absentee Ballots

Judge Rules Against Texas Limit Of One Drop-Off Site Per County For Absentee Ballots








An election worker accepts a mail-in ballot from a voter at a Houston drop-off site on Wednesday. A federal judge blocked Gov. Abbott's order limiting one drop-off site per county late Friday.



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Judge Rules Against Texas Limit Of One Drop-Off Site Per County For Absentee Ballots






The decision says the limit is a burden for elderly and disabled voters, who are at particular risk for the coronavirus, because it requires them to travel to more crowded locations to cast votes.