The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled yesterday that portions of Texas Senate Bill 1, adopted in September 2021, violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court found that parts of S.B. 1 require officials to reject mail-in ballot applications and mail-in ballots based on errors or omissions that are not material in determining whether voters are qualified under Texas law to vote or cast a mail ballot.
  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    No. The Texas legislature meets in January of odd numbered years. They can call special sessions but they can’t make a worse law as it’ll be equally unenforceable

    “Equally unenforceable” in this case means “enforceable until the courts get ahold of it after the election.”

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I saw the rest of the sentence.

        and if they did there’d be lawsuits to get injunctions to stop the count until it’s resolved.

        I also know what happened last time, and it wasn’t that.