Texas Dems Declare ‘Big War’ on Gov Over Mail-In Vote Restriction

DESPERATE MEASURES?

“It tells you that they’re scared,” Gilberto Hinojosa, the chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, told The Daily Beast.

Sam Brodey

Deputy Politics Editor

Hanna Trudo

Politics Reporter

Brittney Martin

Published Oct. 1 2020 5:19PM EDT

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HOUSTON—Texas Democrats are planning to take Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) to federal court over his controversial move on Thursday to shutter locations across the state where voters can drop off their mail-in ballots to be counted for the general election.

“We’re in a big war right now with the state of...