Texas Supreme Court Backs Abbott On Limiting Ballot Drops

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Supreme Court has vacated a state court injunction against Gov. Greg Abbott’s order limiting counties to one drop-off site each for mailed ballots. Without dissent, justices ruled Tuesday that a temporary injunction by a lower court in a court challenge by civil rights groups in Austin stood little chance of success on its merits. The court ruling upholds Abbott’s Oct. 1 restriction, a move the Republican said was needed to ensure election security but Democrats blasted it as a naked effort to suppress voters. A federal appeals court already had reinstated the limit, staying a federal judge’s ruling that blocked its implementation.