In the United States of America, we are fortunate that U.S. citizens are able to vote. Will all citizens, regardless of party be able to have their votes counted as cast without voter suppression tactics in 2020?
We are currently in unusual times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Isn’t it time for Republicans and Democrats to work together across party lines to ensure that all people can safely vote free of worrying whether they might get sick standing in line for up to 10 hours waiting to vote?
Solutions to Safely Vote:
In Harris County, Texas, the Clerk’s office legally implemented creative and safe ways for voters to cast their ballots.
According to an article in the Texas Tribune, in populous Harris County, the Clerk’s office offered drive-thru voting options for voters so they could safely vote from their cars instead of being exposed to COVID-19 while standing in line or inside polling areas where people are not mandated to wear masks!
After testing the approach during the July primary runoff with little controversy, Harris County, home to Houston, set up 10 drive-thru centers for the fall election to make early voting easier for people concerned about entering polling places during the pandemic. Voters pull up in their cars and, after their registrations and identifications have been confirmed by poll workers, are handed an electronic tablet through their car windows to cast ballots.
The Texas Tribune: “Texas Supreme Court rejects Republican efforts to Toss nearly 127,000 Harris County Votes,” by Jollie MCCullougH
So why are Republicans suing to get 127,000 legally cast Harris County, Texas, voters’ ballots disqualified from being counted? Hiding behind questionable misapplication of the law, some conservative Republicans appear to be trying to rig the Texas vote through using the Courts to stop the vote count.
However, not all Republicans are buying the lame arguments to try to stop counting legally cast votes by Harris County citizens.
The above-referenced article in The Texas Tribune stated:
A legal cloud hanging over nearly 127,000 votes already cast in Harris County was at least temporarily lifted Sunday [Oct. 31] when the Texas Supreme Court rejected a request by several conservative Republican activists and candidates to preemptively throw out early balloting from drive-thru polling sites in the state’s most populous, and largely Democratic, county.
The all-Republican court denied the request without an order or opinion, as justices did last month in a similar lawsuit brought by some of the same plaintiffs.
Election Day is November 3, 2020. Let’s Get Out and Vote and encourage every registered voter to vote in Texas and every state!
If you have a Mail-In Ballot, please bring it to your local election office or legal Ballot Drop Off Box!
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