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The States: Where We Wish Texas Would Secede Already

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You left out the pièce de résistance: this vote came in on Zoom. They remotely voted due to a pandemic that you can’t remotely vote due to a pandemic.
 
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
I’m shocked

“ BREAKING: The all-Republican Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a lack of coronavirus immunity alone does not allow voters to qualify for mail-in voting.

“We agree with the State that a voter’s lack of immunity to COVID-19, without more, is not a ‘disability’ as defined by the Election Code,” the court wrote.”
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Not so fast...

The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a lack of immunity to the new coronavirus does not qualify a voter to apply for a mail-in ballot.
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Texas voters can qualify for mail-in ballots only if they are 65 years or older, have a disability or illness, will be out of the county during the election period, or are confined in jail. The Texas election code defines disability as a “sickness or physical condition” that prevents a voter from appearing in person without the risk of “injuring the voter’s health.”

Though the court sided with Paxton's interpretation of what constitutes a disability, it indicated it was up to voters to assess their own health and determine if they met the state's definition.

"The decision to apply to vote by mail based on a disability is the voter’s, subject to a correct understanding of the statutory definition of 'disability'," the court said in its order.

The high court also rejected Paxton’s request to prevent local election officials from sending mail-in ballots to voters who were citing lack of immunity to the coronavirus as a disability.
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When voters cite disability to request an absentee ballot, they're not required to say what the disability is. The voters simply check a box on the application form, and if their application is properly filled out, locals officials are supposed to send them a ballot. The state ultimately conceded that officials can't reject those voters.
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People have lied on their absentee applications for years. Officials aren't going to come beat down your door on Election Day to confirm you're not there. Who cares?
 
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Yeah the Texas ruling isnt as bad as it was clickbaited to be.
 
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The irony was that they voted remotely to say covid wasn’t a reason to vote remotely.
 
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Yeah but it is not something to be outraged about imho. If people can still request and get an absentee ballot I dont much see the problem.

Now if the election was next week or month...then I would be ****ed! We havent hit June yet so everyone who wants to vote by mail should in theory be able to do so without any issue.
 
Handyman said:
Yeah but it is not something to be outraged about imho. If people can still request and get an absentee ballot I dont much see the problem.

Now if the election was next week or month...then I would be ****ed! We havent hit June yet so everyone who wants to vote by mail should in theory be able to do so without any issue.
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I’m not outraged. Posting something doesn’t equal outrage , If that’s what your implying
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Have you heard of anyone getting caught at home on Election Day when they said on their application that they'd be out of the county? Any prosecutions for perjury or whatever the charge would be?
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Haven't backed the GOP in the corner yet when they hold unchecked power.
 
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And we get a pic of a police cruiser, and not the woman.
 
MinnesotaNorthStar said:
They have a complex.
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