Voted in Harris Co. during extra hour of Election Day? Your vote will be counted, Texas Supreme Court rules
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"The votes that were cast during that time period pursuant to a court order are still perfectly legal. And there's nothing in the law that prohibits them from being counted," Menefee said. "So our perspective is that those provisional ballots are no different than any other provisional ballots - they are to be counted."
On election night, the Texas Supreme Court ordered that any of the ballots cast after 7 p.m. be separated from other ballots. In a filing to the Supreme Court on Monday, Paxton acknowledged issues at polling sites but argued they did not justify extending the time that locations remained open.Harris County was similarly ordered to extend voting in 2018 at nine polling places, but the state does not appear to have challenged those votes at the time.
"If someone wants to contest the election or request a recount, then they've got 30 days after the canvass to do so," he said. "So the canvass actually starts the clock for a candidate or party to file an election contest if they're gonna go that route." If no party or candidate objects to them being included, the votes are "presumed to be included" in the final count, Taylor said.
Hani Mirza, voting rights program director with the Texas Civil Rights Project, said the filings from Paxton and calls for investigations not only intimidate voters but also the people and community members running the election there.
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