The US Supreme Court denies a request from Texas Democrats to expand access to vote-by-mail in the state amid the coronavirus pandemic
The court's order is the latest move in an ongoing battle between the state's Democrats and state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, over voting during the pandemic.Democrats argued that people shouldn't have to choose between their right to vote and their health. Paxton has remained steadfast that expanding access to vote-by-mail could lead to voter fraud.
The Democrats argued that the rights of voters under the 26th Amendment were being violated.The court rejected the petition with no noted dissents.Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote separately to say she agreed with the court's decision at this stage in the case, but that she thought the challengers'"weighty but seemingly novel" questions in the case touching upon the 26th Amendment should be considered in the lower courts"well in advance" of the November election.
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