The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a new Republican-backed law that dictates how elections will be run in the Democratic stronghold of Houston and its surrounding county will take effect as scheduled next month despite a lawsuit seeking to overturn it.
that dictates how elections will be run in the Democratic stronghold of Houston and its surrounding county will take effect as scheduled next month despite a lawsuit seeking to overturn it, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
In its brief order, the high court denied Harris County’s request to stop the law from taking effect Sept. 1. It also ordered oral arguments in the lawsuit to take place Nov. 28.in Harris County, including paper ballot shortages and delayed poll openings. It would return the county’s elections oversight to the tax assessor and county clerk, which are both elected offices currently held by Democrats.
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