Texas' Republican attorney general issues letter saying that concern over coronavirus can'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

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

However, the Texas court hearing the ACLU's lawsuit signals it may soon step in to waive the state'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

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

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