Despite Court Ruling to the Contrary, Texas AG Continues to Threaten Criminal Penalties for Advising Voters Who Wish to Vote By Mail That Fear of Contracting COVID-19 is a Valid Excuse for Voting

This is something else:

UPDATE: Josh Blackman makes the important point that the effect of appealing the trial court’s ruling has put that ruling on an automatic stay pending appeal. So that means that the AG is not violating a court order by sending out this guidance.

But threatening to lock people up for asking for an absentee ballot if they are afraid of getting COVID-19, especially in light of a court holding reading the statute to allow such voters to vote by absentee ballot, remains despicable.

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