Texas high court denies GOP effort to reject Houston votes

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The all-Republican Texas Supreme Court has denied a GOP-led petition to toss nearly 127,000 ballots already cast at drive-thru voting places in the Houston area. A federal judge is expected to rule on the same issue on Monday.

A car-side voting location is empty at Prairie View A&M University Northwest polling station in Houston on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. The location was one of the eight Harris County's 24-hour locations.

“We’re pleased that the Texas Supreme Court recognized that their arguments that drive-thru voting is illegal are flat-out wrong,” said Susan Hays, an attorney for the Harris County Clerk’s Office. “Lawsuits that are filed in the middle of an election to disrupt the election should be promptly denied.”

Trump won Texas by nine points in 2016 but polls have shown Democrat Joe Biden still within reach in America’s biggest red state. Democrats also need toand have aggressively targeted several races in Harris County.

 

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Turns out that a conservative court rules conservatively. 😂🤣😂 oopsie.

I'm not sure how this works and how they actually verify a person is who they say they are, but if it works, fine. However, it should be available in all areas of the state, not just Democratic areas. Just saying.

It’s amazing how things are “best left to the states” until the gop doesn’t get their way.

If the GOPhers stopped with all the INSANE efforts to 'mitigate' (stop too many 'folks' voting) all this INSANE nationwide vote fraud that somehow can't be found we'd have far less vote fraud from GOPhers. 😷

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YES!

GinaGaston13 Good

Justice trumps fanaticism. How fitting.

You can deny gravity. But if you jump out a window, gravity will defy your stubborn denial. My sad lost GOP is telling people to be fearless and w/ blind faith for realDonaldTrump & The Trump 1st Family jump out the window. But vote 1st for Trump or you’re totally worthless

Judges aren’t politically affiliated. “All republican Texas Supreme Court’” is misleading and a disservice to the people.

The GOP will stop at nothing to end Democracy and the rule of law. VoteBlueToEndTheNightmare

They shouldn’t even be allowed to rule on cases like this, this close to the election. All of those voters would need to go to the polls it’s highly unfair to both dem and republican voters.

Wow

GinaGaston13 Proof that justices are not or should not be biased in their rulings and opinions

ZetegoGaming some good news at least

Republicans continue to lie and cheat to to try to steal an election and the courts say ' Not this time. Not on our watch' Bravo!!!! The citizens win one.

God bless the Judiciary

Yeah. Bad lawsuit. No reason for it.

You know they wanted to have them tossed though, just couldn't find good footing to make it so.

Something tells me It’ll get to SCOTUS

This is nothing. Just wait till Wednesday morning. It's going to be lawsuit hell, with every angle you can think of trying to throw out votes.

They're literally trying anything to disqualify, nullify or deny people a vote. This is not normal under any circumstances.

If you have to cheat to win like the Democrats are doing all over the nation they should be removed from public office

It would be a crime against our democracy for a federal judge to overturn the TX Supreme Court 24 hours before the election and invalidate the votes of 127,000 citizens who thought they were following the rules. But in the world of Trump, sadly it wouldn’t be at all surprising.

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Alleluia!!!

So there is a right or wrong - not necessarily along party lines.

Thank God for the judiciary during this electoral season. America needs a referee.

Hopefully the Fed court will recognize States rights. It's a clear signal from TxGop they don't want people to vote

These issues should not be in court rn, it was settled then ppl voted in good faith. To invalidate their votes after the fact is the crime.

Amazing, the damn GOP wants to literally STOP people from voting. The corruption is endless. Embarrassing. Pathetic. Election2020

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At what point did blatant corruption become the new normal

It is sad that we talk of courts in partisan terms.

Country/Constitution over Party. The way it should be. People voted in a PANDEMIC!

GodBlessTexas

Wait, I thought republicans are for State’s rights and against the government intruding on States. Oh I see, (just like not confirming a justice in the last year of a president’s term) only if it benefits them.

Per the constitution, a federal judge has so jurisdiction on the matter, am I wrong?

The fact that this type of shit even exists is yet another clear example of how fragile and flimsy democracy is in the United States. Great to hear the Texas Supreme Court set party affiliation aside and made the correct decision. It gives me hope.

Don't you feel the wind? Oya

Country before Party

Thank you! Fight for your Vote!

Time for Texans to decide if the really believe in states rights or not.

To be the defense lawyer on Monday before the Fed Judge “who are you to disagree with the Supreme Court of Texas?”

A Nazi Trumpist installed as a 'judge' to do the regime's bidding. His ruling should be disregarded as illegitimate.

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State issues should go no higher that the State Supreme Courts.

Anyone defending Trump at this point is lost. Trump Lied... Admitted it... 234,000 are dead now. He is a proven liar by his own admission. That's enough for me and I'm pretty sure 234,000 families will agree

234,000 dead. Endless Lies. America or Trump? Trump Republicans & White Supremacist supporters through social media are turning neighbor against neighbor. Worse, far worse is imo a significant number of American Republicans dont support this but choose to stay on the sidelines

So much for judges ruling along party lines.

Soooo, it seems the reason the GOP wants the ballots tossed is simply because the ballots exist.

Perhaps the GOP Texas Supreme Court recognizes truth over corruption.

Good.

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What if the federal rules against the Supreme Court decision? Will that be possible considering the federal judge is infamous for being extremely biased and partisan?

Texas is turning blue.💙

It’s embarrassing to true Texans that this is even an issue....along with chasing the BidenHarris bus. Are you tired of being embarrassed Texas

Flip the Senate. Ignore the polls, ignore the news and make sure you vote for Biden. Every registered voter needs to do their duty and vote nazi trump and the corrupt republicans out of office in November. When nazi trump and the corrupt republicans lose the American people win.

Well I guess Those GOP-Men assumed well Houston since we're going to have a problem here .. We need to toss those ballots bc The Republicans you are Are not on the same ranking in this Nation of The U.S. as We GOP rathering in part just that Y'all should also assume this & that

MAGA-maniacs... Why is Donald missing with your vote...? 🤔

Trumps own are turning against him. Makes sense.. It's a way to potentially get rid of him and they actually do their jobs.. Win - Win

Bye bye Don.

God bless Texas Supreme Court 🙏 for doing the right thing for American democracy

Whoa. Maybe judges aren’t y try ied to party after all?

Thank god at least some Republicans have some dignity left

Wow, doing the most

They don't have to get dirty. Fed will do it tomorrow.

Wow. Judges who hear the facts of the case & make a decision based on law and not partisanship? I didn’t know they were capable of voting against the party who appointed em according to the MSM.

The question is, is this a state issue or a Federal issue? If state thrn Federal judge has no jurisdiction, ie power. In which case his ruling is moot.

Sometimes the obvious right thing overcomes partisanship. That and realizing you will have to face your children and grandchildren.

TexasGOP At some point, maybe it’s best to not suppress the votes of Americans 🧐🤷‍♂️

Don’t tell the dude’s in the trucks they might come after the Supreme Court 😡

Why is it only GOP led courts decide cases on the merits. You never hear of a Democrat court doing this.

Thank you TX SCOTUS

Uhh good!

Shameless and brazen attempt to suppress votes by GOP.

wow

All those driver do was drive up to the ballot boxes and give their ballot, why the need to request to toss them? There was only one site since they removed the others.

Justice for Harris Cty voters!Stay tuned for federal ruling tomorrow.

Good news from the Texas state courts, but this case still has to go through the federal courts. Remember: GOP = cheating + dirty tricks + voter suppression

This is especially confusing, because it implies they have some level of confidence these will be Democratic votes. The same goes for the efforts in PA and MN. Late-arriving ballots are expected to be more heavily Republican, so they’re essentially trying to “toss,” GOP votes.

Doubt any American will be asking “how did the Nazis do what they did?” anytime soon again.

Whew!

democracy! facilitate it!__________

If they just did their fucking job, they wouldn’t have to try to cheat to win.

Why is a federal judge even ruling? This is a Texas state issue.

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