Editing Texas Constitution talk:Article VI, Section 4 (section)

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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