A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that voters and poll workers in Texas are required to wear masks at polling places, invalidating a previous exemption for under Governor Greg Abbott's statewide mask mandate.
U.S. District Judge Jason Pulliam ruled that the exemption"creates a discriminatory burden on Black and Latino voters" and imposes a"voting practice or procedure which results in a denial or abridgement of the right of Black and Latino citizens to vote on account of race or color"—a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
He said that he encourages Texans to wear masks, but excludes voters and poll workers from the statewide mandate in order to prevent people from being turned away when trying to vote due to a lack of face covering.A voter watches as a poll worker drops his ballot into a secure box at a ballot drop off location on October 13, 2020 in Austin, Texas.
"Under these conditions, Black and Latino voters must choose between not voting or risking their lives or the lives of their loved ones to vote," the plaintiffs wrote in an argument last week."White voters do not face the same level of risk."
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