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Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
🚨BREAKING: Texas Republicans appeal Harris County voting case to 5th Circuit. BUT--They are only seeking to block it for tomorrow (E-Day) no mention of past voting during early vote period.
🚨ALERT: REPUBLICANS HAVE APPEALED IN TEXAS
Republicans have appealed our voting rights victory in Texas to the Fifth Circuit.
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NoMoreRepugs
(9,404 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)It's not going to affect ballots already cast.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)But no longer contesting the validity of the 127,000 votes cast in drive-through voting during the early voting period.
A more or less complete fold, in other words.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)Yet they want to stop a safer way of voting.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,404 posts)DrToast
(6,414 posts)It will only impact tomorrow.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)if most have already voted then the lines tomorrow shouldnt be as bad.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)127,000 previous drop off is ok. Any drop off on Nov. 3rd will be invalid.
In It to Win It
(8,231 posts)RockRaven
(14,958 posts)If you're gonna ask the courts to rig the election, isn't that a "go big or go home" moment?
Or do they really believe that it's gonna be so close they NEED this marginal advantage to be granted by the courts in order to prevail and don't want to risk it by overreaching?
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)It is to sew doubt into drive through voting. If you were going to use drive through yesterday, you might have picked another method. Same thing as this law suit, if you are going to use drive through tomorrow, you might consider another method. And when people reconsider, they might end up not voting.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Texas is on the verge of flipping and it very well could tomorrow. They don't want anyone to vote easily
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)I guess they figure all GOPs who vote for shithole is fine and can vote in person. It is a win for the 127,000 which all are not Democrats. Some are others, some are GOP.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)If the decision is favorable, they can appeal the rest. But I doubt this will work. Drive through voting doesn't harm them but does harm voters who want to use it.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Ask any Texas Republican how they'd feel in this scenario: Their favorite football team is behind 21-17, ball on the opponent's eight yard line. Time for one more play, and the other team wants to change the rules so a touchdown counts for two points, and a field goal is worth one point. They'd be okay with that, right?
Nevilledog
(51,064 posts)world wide wally
(21,740 posts)This is getting fucking old!
Maybe try coming up with some ideas that will help people like your sorry asses.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)depressing minority turnout one way or another is essential to any Republican path to victory.
Gothmog
(145,086 posts)The Magistrate
(95,244 posts)Their hope is that their voters will predominate on 'the day', and they had better hope, because ours seem to be well advanced already. One would think they would want things as easy as possible tomorrow....