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    U.S. Appeals Court Sides With Texas On One-Per-County Ballot Drop-Off

    The court says Gov. Greg Abbott's rule is a refinement of an expansion of voting options, not a restriction or burden on voter rights. Voting rights groups have spoken out against limiting the sites.
    by Bill Chappell Oct 13, 2020 3 minutes
    A federal appeals court is allowing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's limit of one absentee ballot drop-off spot per county to stand, saying voters have many options. Here, a worker puts a ballot into a lock box at a drive-through mail ballot hand delivery center in Austin.

    Texas can limit absentee ballot drop-off spots to one per county, a federal appeals court says, reversing a lower court's ruling from days ago. Democrats say Gov. Greg Abbott's order could suppress voters; the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit disagrees, saying, "one strains to see how it burdens voting at all."

    The appeals court says District Judge Robert Pitman – who on Friday to limit counties to one drop-off location

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