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District Judge Fred Biery granted a preliminary injunction that allows all registered voters under 65 to apply to vote by mail during the coronavirus pandemic after finding the state's existing election rules violate the Equal Protection Clause. Pictured above is a mail in ballot application.

Federal judge says all Texas voters can apply to vote by mail during pandemic

Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details. A federal judge opened a path for a massive expansion in absentee voting in Texas by ordering Tuesday that all state voters, … more

By Alexa Ura | The Texas Tribune | 5/20/20

A debate regarding whether to expand mail-in voting has mostly split along party lines throughout the state with Democrats in favor in expansion due to COVID-19 concerns and Republicans maintaining a position against in-person voting due to legal requirements for mail-in voting has made its way to the Texas Supreme Court.

Capital Highlights: Texas bolsters efforts to reduce spread of COVID-19

AUSTIN — Testing, sanitizing and emergency food benefits increased as Texas entered its third month of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Notably, Gov. Greg Abbott released a statement … more

By Ed Sterling | Texas Press Association | 5/18/20

The state Supreme Court's order comes one day after a state appeals court had allowed the expansion to stand while a legal case was appealed.

Texas Supreme Court puts expansion of voting by mail on hold

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday temporarily put on hold an expansion of voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic. Siding with Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Supreme Court blocked a state … more

By Alexa Ura | The Texas Tribune | 5/16/20

Williamson County residents voted on Super Tuesday at Southwestern University’s Howry Center in Georgetown.

Texas tells locals they must delay their upcoming May elections

Citing the state’s stay-at-home order, the Texas secretary of state is instructing municipalities to delay their May 2 elections. In an email to local election officials sent Thursday … more

By Alexa Ura | The Texas Tribune | 4/3/20

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