Article VI, Section 4 of the Texas Constitution (discussion page)
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The State easily met its burden: The measure plausibly promotes uniformity of elections and increases confidence in electoral integrity by ensuring that every ballot drop-off location can be properly staffed by poll watchers. It also plausibly decreases the opportunity for fraud in the submission or collection of mail-in ballots. There is no question these are legitimate government interests. Indeed, the Texas Constitution explicitly charges the Legislature to "preserve the purity of the ballot box." Tex. Const. art. VI, § 4.[13] Limiting the number of drop-off locations-while still expanding voting options relative to the statutory baseline-was a rational means of achieving the valid goals of ballot integrity, fraud prevention, and voter access. The Governor need not prove the efficacy of the regulation with evidence in court.
Abbott v. The Anti-Defamation League Austin, Southwest, and Texoma Regions, 20-0846
"Assuming for the sake of argument that the October Proclamation can be understood to burden voting rights at all, it satisfies the standards this Court has previously applied governing judicial review of such actions. This Court has held that the right to vote is protected by Article I, Section 3 of the Texas Constitution. See State v. Hodges, 92 S.W.3d 489, 496, 501–02 (Tex. 2002)."
TSC October 27, 2020 20-0846
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But under Texas law a political party is not a state or governmental agency. See Carter v. Tomlinson, 227 S.W.2d 795, 799 (Tex. 1950). Accordingly, it is well-settled in Texas that “officers of a political party, such as members of a party executive committee, are not public or governmental officers, even when provided for by statutory law.” Wall v. Currie, 213 S.W.2d 816, 819 (Tex. 1948) (emphasis added).
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1869 election: On Tuesday, November 30 , the election began, with the country in a state of suppressed excitement. In counties where there was any reason to apprehend disturbances, Reynolds had stationed detachments of soldiers to guard the polls. The polling places were in the county seats and the registry boards were the officers of election . The methods employed in the registration had not increased the confidence of the people in a fair election, and it was found that the provisions of Reynolds's recent order were far from assuring it. The vote was by ballot; but it was ordered that no mark should be placed upon the ballot by the registrars, except to designate “colored” voters. The customary precaution of numbering the ballot so as to make it correspond to the voter's number on the registry list, in order to detect a fraudulent change of ballot, was omitted. This left the ballot box completely at the mercy of the registrars.
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