Federal judge blocks Texas order limiting ballot drop-off sites to 1 per county

Abbott's Oct. 1 absentee voter proclamation, which he said was aimed at preventing election fraud, required the closure of more than a dozen satellite drop-off box locations in at least two counties. "These burdens fall disproportionately on voters who are elderly, disabled, or live in larger counties," Pitman, who sits in Austin, the state capital, wrote in his 46-page decision. Abbott's order was imposed after absentee voting in the state had begun for the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election, with multiple absentee-ballot collection centers advertised in some counties for weeks.

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