Texas& #39; Republican attorney general issues letter saying that concern over coronavirus can& #39;t be used to satisfy the excuse requirement needed to vote absentee by mail (though voters age 65+ are already exempted). Dems are fighting in court to loosen the requirement https://twitter.com/Tessa_Weinberg/status/1250507644953116679">https://twitter.com/Tessa_Wei...

This is voter intimidation. And Texas& #39; Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should know a thing or two about criminal sanction, seeing as he& #39;s *currently under indictment* for allegedly committing felony securities fraud https://www.statesman.com/news/20200117/criminal-case-against-paxton-still-inching-along">https://www.statesman.com/news/2020... https://twitter.com/srl/status/1250508771190849536">https://twitter.com/srl/statu...

However, the Texas court hearing the ACLU& #39;s lawsuit signals it may soon step in to waive the state& #39;s excuse requirement needed to vote absentee by mail over the coronavirus pandemic. This would make it much easier to safely vote in Texas! https://twitter.com/dale_e_ho/status/1250510162311421952">https://twitter.com/dale_e_ho...

This is a huge win for voting access in Texas! Before this ruling, Texas required an excuse to vote absentee by mail for everyone except voters age 65 & over, a heavily white Republican demographic https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1250514460399321094">https://twitter.com/ACLU/stat...

Republicans will certainly appeal today& #39;s ruling allowing Texans to vote absentee if they fear contracting coronavirus from in-person voting, & the GOP holds every seat on Texas& #39; Supreme Court. Unclear if this ruling will survive, but a separate federal case is ongoing https://twitter.com/PoliticsWolf/status/1250519206270873600">https://twitter.com/PoliticsW...