If a Texas judge's order is upheld, all of the state's approximately 16 million registered voters would be eligible to apply for a mail-in ballot.
The Texas Democratic Party sued state and local election officials last month in an effort to get a district court to clarify state law.
"It cannot be the situation – and is not the fact – that the Texas Legislature provided a situation that in a pandemic circumstance the right to vote is in conflict with public health," he said in court. "Our state is better off when more Texans participate in our democracy. Voting by mail is safe, secure, and accessible," he said in a statement."It allows more voters to participate in our democracy, and it's a commonsense way to run an election, especially during a public health crisis."
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