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Title: U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen, a W. Bush appointee, has ruled Republicans lack standing to chall
Post by: mystery-ak on November 02, 2020, 08:35:38 pm
 U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen, a W. Bush appointee, has ruled Republicans lack standing to challenge 127k drive-thru votes cast in Harris County

Zach Montellaro
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BREAKING: Ballots are not going to be tossed. U.S. District judge just announced that he is going to rule that the plaintiffs don't have standing, but said that if he believed they did, he still wouldn't have granted the injunction
Title: Re: U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen, a W. Bush appointee, has ruled Republicans lack standing to c
Post by: mystery-ak on November 02, 2020, 08:38:39 pm
Judd Legum
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Even if the plaintiffs did have standing, the judge says he would still count the votes.

He says the tents qualify as structures.


Judd Legum
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He also says the case is not timely. It's been going on since the summer and at least since September. And people have been voting for a couple of weeks.

(The legal term for this is latches.)


Judd Legum
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Judge says if he thought that the plaintiffs had standing, he would have enjoined drive-thru voting tomorrow, on Election Day. (He says a tent is not a building, which is required on Election Day.)



Judd Legum
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Judge says he would not vote drive-thru tomorrow so he could be sure his vote counts.

Orders the county to maintain records of what votes were cast via drive-thru.
Title: Re: U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen, a W. Bush appointee, has ruled Republicans lack standing to c
Post by: mystery-ak on November 02, 2020, 08:46:58 pm
Hey Texans..this is in Houston..what are the chances there are a lot of Repub ballots?
Title: Re: U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen, a W. Bush appointee, has ruled Republicans lack standing to c
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on November 02, 2020, 09:23:17 pm
In my mind, it was not the feds' place to make a decision here.

It is the Texas Supreme Court which erred in permitting a lawless county to create its own election laws and allow the subversion of the largest Republican county in the country.
Title: Re: U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen, a W. Bush appointee, has ruled Republicans lack standing to c
Post by: catfish1957 on November 02, 2020, 09:32:43 pm
Quote from: mystery-ak on November 02, 2020, 08:46:58 pm
Hey Texans..this is in Houston..what are the chances there are a lot of Repub ballots?

Depends on where in Houston.  If it is inside the Loop, my guess they are overwhelming democrat.
Title: Re: U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen, a W. Bush appointee, has ruled Republicans lack standing to c
Post by: catfish1957 on November 02, 2020, 09:33:46 pm
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on November 02, 2020, 09:23:17 pm
In my mind, it was not the feds' place to make a decision here.

It is the Texas Supreme Court which erred in permitting a lawless county to create its own election laws and allow the subversion of the largest Republican county in the country.

Agreed.  Way overstepping state authority on adminstatration of elections.