Texas Scorecard By Erin Anderson September 9, 2020
Federal judge concludes court lacks jurisdiction to “micromanage†election processes set by the state legislature.A federal court has dismissed another attempt by Democrat-aligned groups to change Texas voting procedures for the 2020 presidential election via lawsuits while using fear of the Chinese coronavirus as an excuse to bypass the legislature.
U.S. District Judge Jason Pulliam concluded in an opinion issued Monday that the courts lack the jurisdiction to “micromanage†state election processes:
“By asking this Court to order specific action and administer specific procedures for the administration of the 2020 election, Plaintiffs ask this Court to assume the role of the Texas legislature and exercise the discretion and authority explicitly reserved to that branch… In doing so, this Court would override any policy decisions to micromanage Texas’s election process.â€
Left-wing activist organizations Mi Familia Vota and the Texas NAACP filed a lawsuit in July, claiming the state’s in-person voting procedures fail to ensure Texas voters can safely cast ballots during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Without challenging the constitutionality of any specific election law, they said Texas voting rules would unconstitutionally preclude certain protected classes of people—namely Black, Latino, and Native American voters—from voting in the upcoming November election.
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