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October 14, 2020

Federal Judge Will Allow Texas to Restrict Ballot Drop Box Sites to One Per County
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On Tuesday, early voting got underway in Texas with massive crowds
waiting in line for hours. Similar scenes played out in Georgia Monday
as early voting got underway there. Meanwhile, a federal court in Texas
upheld a directive by Republican Governor Greg Abbott limiting ballot
drop box sites to one per county - including Harris County, home to 4.7
million people, a disproportionate number of whom are Democratic voters.
California's Republican Party has admitted to deceiving voters by
placing dozens of falsely labeled drop boxes for mail-in ballots in Los
Angeles, Fresno and Orange counties. California's secretary of state has
sent cease-and-desist orders to Republican officials, warning anyone
distributing phony mail-in ballot boxes could be subject to criminal
prosecution.


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