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Texas tries again to block counties from having multiple ballot drop-off locations
Read full article: Texas tries again to block counties from having multiple ballot drop-off locationsThat order came hours after top Texas officials on Saturday again sought to limit drop-off locations some voters use during the coronavirus pandemic. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an emergency stay Saturday, seeking to halt a federal judge’s ruling from Friday night that said Texas counties can have multiple absentee ballot drop-off locations. Texas voters must present an approved form of identification to deliver their mail-in ballots, and they may not turn in any one else’s ballot. With an unprecedented number of Texas voters requesting mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic, and concerns about the reliability of the U.S. One day before Abbott’s limiting proclamation, Texas Solicitor General Kyle Hawkins said Harris County’s multiple drop-off locations were legal in a filing related to another voting lawsuit.