Election Integrity

Federal Appeals Court Blocks Ruling That Halted Texas’s Limiting of Ballot Drop-Off Boxes

Federal Appeals Court Blocks Ruling That Halted Texas’s Limiting of Ballot Drop-Off Boxes
A sign sits outside of a mail ballot drop-off site in Houston, Texas, on Oct. 1, 2020. Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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A federal appeals court on Oct. 10 issued a temporary stay allowing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to continue limiting counties to a single drop-off site for absentee ballots in the Nov. 3 presidential election.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit said it granted a temporary stay while the case was appealed.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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