Texas Supreme Court Rules Lack of Immunity to COVID-19 Not Enough to Qualify for Mail-In Voting

Election workers sort vote-by-mail ballots for the presidential primary at King County Elections in Renton, Washington, on March 10, 2020. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that “a voter’s lack of immunity to COVID-19” is not a physical disability that qualifies people to vote by mail.

The court agreed with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has argued that only a physical illness or disability that prevents voters from going to the polls should qualify an individual to vote by mail.