Republicans Seek To Toss Out 127,000 Ballots In Democratic-Leaning Texas County

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An election worker guides voters in cars at a drive-through voting site in Houston on Oct. 7.





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U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Houston, seen as a deeply conservative federal magistrate, is set to rule over the complaint.

Throughout the campaign, Republicans and President Trump have baselessly claimed that various efforts intended to accommodate voters amid the coronavirus pandemic pave the way for fraud — particularly mail-in voting.

Election security experts have repeatedly said that there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, though there are active attempts to sow disinformation among the electorate.

The case of the Harris County ballots is set to be heard Monday morning.

Hollins said Sunday he expects to win, but «in a totally extreme, downside scenario, we would need to encourage those 127,000 Harris County voters to come back out on Tuesday and cast a provisional ballot to make sure that in any circumstance their vote was counted. We’re hoping it doesn’t come to that.