AUSTIN, Texas – A federal appeals court has reinstated a limit on the number of mail ballot drop-off locations in each county in Texas.The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals late Monday issued a stay of a federal judge’s ruling on Friday that Republican Gov.
Greg Abbott’s order is a likely violation of a voter’s right to vote. Early voting was starting Tuesday in Texas.“Leaving the Governor’s October 1 Proclamation in place still gives Texas absentee voters many ways to cast their ballots in the November 3 election," Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan wrote in the opinion. "These methods for remote voting outstrip what Texas law previously permitted in a pre-COVID world.