On Monday, A judge in Texas rejected Republicans request to void approx. 1,27,000 votes casted in the US presidential election through voting sites in Houston.
US District Judge Andrew Hanen said the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the case.
He said: “I find that when you balance the harms you’ve got to weigh in favor of counting the votes.”
The judge also faulted the plaintiffs for waiting until Oct. 28 to file their case in his court even though drive-through voting was used without challenge in July primary runoffs.
Hanen said: “Didn’t we test this in the primaries this summer?, Why am I just getting this case?”
Jared Woodfill, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, told reporters they will appeal to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. They will also appeal a similar loss in state court on Sunday to the U.S. Supreme Court.
He said: Hollins told reporters that drive-through voting sites in Harris County, which includes Houston, would be open on Election Day as scheduled. This is a huge win for democracy, especially at a time when it appears that democracy itself is on the ballot.
