Monday, November 02, 2020

Judge rejects GOP bid to toss 127,000 drive-thru ballots in Harris County, Texas


https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/02/trump-vs-biden-judge-rules-on-harris-county-texas-drive-thru-voting.html

Dan Mangan

Published Mon, Nov 2 20203:29 PM EST

 

A federal judge on Monday rejected a last-ditch effort by Republicans to invalidate more than 100,000 ballots cast at new drive-thru voting locations in Harris County, Texas, a ruling that the plaintiffs’ lawyer suggested could cripple President Donald Trump’s chances of re-election.

The judge, Andrew Hanen, said the plaintiffs in the case lack legal standing to challenge the use of 10 drive-thru voting locations set up for the first time this year in the Democratic-leaning county, which includes the city of Houston.

Hanen’s decision was based on the legal precept that a person filing a lawsuit must show that they were harmed by an action, not just that the action itself may have been illegal.

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