Democrats argue the high court’s pandemic-related decisions show GOP incumbents should be unseated in November. Republicans say the virus is another argument for sticking with the status quo.
Texas Supreme Court
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Texas 2020 Elections
Voters in Harris County may continue using drive-thru voting, Texas Supreme Court rules
A last-minute challenge by the Republican parties of Texas and Harris County argued the largely Democratic county’s new drive-thru polling places were illegal.
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State Government
Gov. Greg Abbott picks Rebeca Huddle for Texas Supreme Court vacancy
Abbott, a former Texas Supreme Court justice himself, picked Huddle to serve on the all-Republican high court.
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Texas Voting Rights
Harris County can’t send mail-in ballot applications to all registered voters, Texas Supreme Court rules
The elections administrator for the county, Texas’ most populous and a critical stronghold for Democrats, has already sent the applications to voters 65 or over. The GOP Texas Supreme Court ruled he may not send them to the rest of the county’s 2.4 million registered voters.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Early voting can start Oct. 13 as scheduled, Texas Supreme Court rules
The Texas Supreme Court ruled against several GOP officials who pushed to keep early voting to a two-week period during the pandemic.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Analysis: The confounding commotion around voting in Texas
Voting and election cases are piled up in the courts in Texas, and the days between now and Nov. 3 are growing short. Some of the rules could change while we’re voting. But vote anyhow.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Ted Cruz and John Cornyn indicate support for confirming a new Supreme Court justice before the election
If the U.S. Senate confirms a nominee of President Donald Trump, it could secure a conservative influence on the high court for a generation.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Texas Supreme Court rules 3 Green Party candidates should be added back to November ballot
Democrats successfully sued last month to remove from the ballot the Green Party nominees for U.S. Senate, Railroad Commission and the 21st Congressional District.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Texas Supreme Court again blocks Harris County from sending mail-in ballot applications to all voters
The Supreme Court granted the Texas attorney general’s request to temporarily halt the county’s mailing of applications while the case is appealed. A separate order blocking the effort was set to end this week.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Analysis: In close elections, two opponents can be better than one
A Republican effort to knock 44 Libertarians off the ballot fell short, and that could have an outsize effect on close races in November.
