Texas Governor Defends Limiting Counties to One Ballot Drop Box
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott defended his decision to limit each county in the state to one ballot drop box for the November election, regardless of size or population, and asked a judge to toss a lawsuit challenging the plan.
Groups including the Texas League of United Latin American Citizens and the Texas Legislative Black Caucus sued, alleging the Republican governor’s plan amounted to illegal voter suppression in counties with larger populations where election officials were planning to have multiple drop box sites. In the state’s sprawling urban counties, which lean Democratic, Abbott’s plan could force voters to drive long distances to reach the single drop box.