AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a petition with the Texas Supreme Court, requesting that the court compel the early-voting clerks for Dallas, Cameron, El Paso, Harris and Travis Counties to follow Texas law on mail-in ballots. Texas law generally requires in-person voting, and allows mail balloting for certain limited groups, including those who are disabled. In violation of that requirement, officials in those counties are encouraging voters without actual disabilities to claim “disability” on their mail-in ballot applications. “Each misapplication of Texas election law damages the integrity of our […]
