New York Times: Some Texas poll workers refuse to wear masks, causing others to leave their sites.

New York Times: Some Texas poll workers refuse to wear masks, causing others to leave their sites.

“The big issue we’ve seen is poll workers saying, ‘We don’t want to work this election because the governor isn’t requiring masks at polling locations,’” said Anthony Gutierrez, the executive director of Common Cause Texas, another voting rights group.

Earlier this month, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas offered an exemption to his statewide mandate that people wear masks in public: Voters wouldn’t have to wear them at polling locations. The reason, the governor said, was so that Texans do not lose their right to vote “simply because they don’t have a mask.”

On Tuesday, some Republican poll workers in Collin County, one of the most populous counties in the state, refused to wear masks while working at the polls, Democrats said. …

“The big issue we’ve seen is poll workers saying, ‘We don’t want to work this election because the governor isn’t requiring masks at polling locations,’” said Anthony Gutierrez, the executive director of Common Cause Texas, another voting rights group.