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Common Cause Texas Launches Statewide Voter Protection Program
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Texas AG Appeals Court Ruling Rejecting Governor’s Limits on Absentee Ballot Drop-Off Sites
"Today's ruling is a relief to many Texans who qualify to vote absentee," Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas, said. "Most of these voters have disabilities and are elderly. With only one ballot return site per county, these voters would have faced challenges in travel that might have made it impossible for them to vote."
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Texas State Court Rejects Governor’s Limit on Drop-off Sites for Absentee Ballots
Anti-Defamation League and Common Cause Win Suit to Protect Voters’ Options During Pandemic
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The only election conspiracy is the GOP trying to limit ballot access for Trump opponents
"This isn’t security, it’s suppression,” Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo tweeted of the move, which prompted a lawsuit by the League of United Latin American Citizens. The Texas branch of the nonpartisan grassroots organization Common Cause is suing to challenge the limit. Its attorney Anthony Gutierrez said the governor lacks authority to restrict drop boxes; that's for local election officials.
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ADL files lawsuit to stop Texas governor’s limit on drop-off sites
The ADL’s Austin, Southwest and Texoma Regions, Common Cause Texas and an individual Texas voter filed suit to block the governor of Texas from limiting drop-off sites for absentee ballots to a maximum of one per county during the state’s early voting period, regardless of the size of a county’s population or the distribution of that population.
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Texas governor faces third lawsuit over limit on mail ballot drop-off sites
Anthony Gutierrez, the executive director of Common Cause Texas, said that "many" of the voters affected by the rule change rely on public transportation.
“Many of the Texans who qualify to vote absentee have disabilities and are elderly, and they rely on public transportation,” Gutierrez said in a statement. “With only one drop-off site per county, these voters would face challenges in travel that might make it impossible for them to vote. The drop-off site limit will also make the one site in each country prone to lines...
“Many of the Texans who qualify to vote absentee have disabilities and are elderly, and they rely on public transportation,” Gutierrez said in a statement. “With only one drop-off site per county, these voters would face challenges in travel that might make it impossible for them to vote. The drop-off site limit will also make the one site in each country prone to lines...
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Mail in ballot lawsuit filed against Gov. Abbott
“Just blatant voter suppression. There is really no reason in the world why counties should be limited to one drop off site for mail ballots. All around the country we are seeing vote by mail access expanded, to where they are letting basically anybody vote by mail if they are afraid for their health,” said Anthony Gutierrez with Common Cause Texas.
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Lawsuit filed to stop Governor Abbott from limiting drop-off sites for absentee ballots
“Many of the Texans who qualify to vote absentee have disabilities and are elderly, and they rely on public transportation,” said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas. “With only one drop-off site per county, these voters would face challenges in travel that might make it impossible for them to vote. The drop-off site limit will also make the one site in each country prone to lines and crowds, endangering voters’ health.”
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Third Lawsuit Filed to Stop Texas Gov Greg Abbott’s Order to Limit Mail Ballot Drop-off Sites
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Lawsuit Filed to Stop Texas Governor’s Limit on Drop-Off Sites for Absentee Ballots
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Voting rights advocates sue to block Texas governor’s order limiting counties to one ballot drop-off location
Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas, said in a statement that in Harris County, “reducing 11 drop off locations to only 1 severely limits voting access and forces people to choose between voting and their health.” The county, which includes Houston, comprises 1,777 square miles.
He called Abbott’s order “blatant voter suppression and yet another way the politicians in charge are putting barriers between Texans and the ballot box.”
“With last-minute changes and pending...
He called Abbott’s order “blatant voter suppression and yet another way the politicians in charge are putting barriers between Texans and the ballot box.”
“With last-minute changes and pending...
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Common Cause Texas Condemns Governor’s Order Ballot Drop-off Sites to One Per County
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El Paso, TX Joins Lawsuit Challenging Pres. Trump’s Order to Exclude Non-Citizens in Census Count
