Jul 2, 2020 | Campaign News
A new University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll finds President Trump leading presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, 48%-44%. “Independents,” comprising 12% of respondents, preferred Trump, 41%-27%, with nearly a third undecided. The poll found a 10-point gap...
Jun 26, 2020 | Campaign News
With little comment, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Texas Democratic Party’s request to reinstate a federal District Court injunction that would have expanded eligibility to qualify for voting by mail. The party’s request that the justices take up the case before...
Jun 24, 2020 | Campaign News
A federal court has dismissed the suit filed by the Texas Democratic Party and others to restore the single-punch, straight-party option for the general election. The court ruled that the plaintiffs lacked standing. “Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit premised on their...
Jun 16, 2020 | Campaign News
SD14 special: The Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND endorsed Rep. Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin). His campaign released a new ad criticizing former Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt for resigning her office to seek the seat. The Texas Tribune’s Patrick Svitek posted a screen...
Jun 10, 2020 | Campaign News
The Texas Democratic Party and intervenor plaintiffs in the state lawsuit seeking expanded eligibility for absentee voting based on a lack of immunity to the novel coronavirus moved to dismiss the suit. Two weeks ago, the Texas Supreme Court ruled against expanded...
Jun 4, 2020 | Campaign News
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has permanently stayed an injunction expanding eligibility for voting by mail pending appeal. The court had previously issued a temporary administrative stay. Calling District Judge Fred Biery’s order...
May 27, 2020 | Campaign News
Following a remotely conducted hearing, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that a lack of immunity to the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 does not make a person eligible to vote remotely, settling at the state level the question of whether a voter can request an...
May 20, 2020 | Campaign News
One day after a federal judge ruled all registered voters were eligible to vote by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily stayed that order on hold pending appeal. It is an administrative stay and...
May 19, 2020 | Campaign News
The back-and-forth on eligibility for voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic continued today (Tuesday) when U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ruled that all voters regardless of age qualify for absentee voting. “Any eligible Texas voters who seeks to vote by mail...
May 15, 2020 | Campaign News
The Texas Supreme Court stayed yesterday’s (Thursday’s) Fourteenth Court of Appeals decision to reinstate a temporary restraining order expanding eligibility for mail ballots due to COVID-19. The stay remains in effect pending disposition of the state’s appeal. The...
May 14, 2020 | Campaign News
A divided three-judge panel reinstated a temporary restraining order preventing Travis Co. Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir from rejecting an application for a ballot by mail filed on the basis of COVID-19. The decision from the Fourteenth Court of Appeals was procedural and not...
May 13, 2020 | Campaign News
Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton (R) petitioned the Texas Supreme Court to compel the early voting clerks of Cameron, Dallas, El Paso, Harris and Travis Cos. to reject requests for a ballot by mail “based solely on the generalized risk of contracting a virus.” District Judge Tim...
