Harris County Elections Administrator's office will be allowed to run the upcoming November election

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One of the ways that the Texas GOP want to suppress the vote in the largest blue county was to abolish the Harris County Elections office. This office has come up with many innovations that help turnout that were later declared illegal such as drive through voting, 24 hour voting and centralized drop box.

Harris County sued and won the right to do the November city elections in the existing elections office

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1. Texas Harris County Election Administration Challenge

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https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/texas-harris-county-election-administration-challenge/

Lawsuit filed on behalf of Harris County, Texas against the state of Texas, Texas Attorney General John Scott (R) and Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson (R) challenging a new law that targets Harris County election administration. Harris County is Texas’ most populous county and home to Houston. The challenged law, Senate Bill 1750, abolishes the appointed election administrator position within Harris County and gives responsibilities back to the county clerk and county tax assessor, both of whom are elected officials. The plaintiff argues that the law specifically targets Harris County: “The Legislature prohibits counties with a population of 3.5 million or greater—a category that describes Harris County alone—from creating the office of elections administrator.”

The complaint argues that S.B. 1750 violates the Texas Constitution, which provides that the Legislature cannot pass local or special laws for 30 prohibited subject matters including:

“‘regulating the affairs of counties, cities, towns, wards or school districts;”’
“‘opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the places of voting;”’
“‘creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers, in counties, cities, towns, election or school districts”’ and
“‘relieving or discharging any person or set of persons from the performance of any public duty or service imposed by general law.”’
“The Texas Constitution’s plain text prohibits this sort of legislative meddling in a single county’s local affairs. Harris County therefore requests that this Court declare that SB1750 violates the Texas Constitution and enjoin state officials from enforcing it,” the complaint reads. The plaintiff requests that the court block the enforcement of S.B. 1750 and declare it in violation of the Texas Constitution.

On Aug. 8, the court held a hearing on the plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary injunction against S.B. 1750. On Aug. 14, the court dismissed the state of Texas as a defendant, but allowed the claims against the Texas secretary of state and attorney general to proceed.

On Aug. 15, a trial court temporarily blocked the law as litigation continues.

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2. A rare bright spot in this shithole failed state. Fucking Texas. Fucking Abutt the killer.

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3. Acting Texas AG appealed to Tx Supreme Court and so law is back in effect