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Masks are not required at polling places in Texas
Title (Dublin Core)
Masks are not required at polling places in Texas
Description (Dublin Core)
Though democracy has won two important cases in Texas, the Texas Supreme Court upheld the additional week of early voting and struck down the limit of ballot drop off boxes to one per county, Texas voters must still face unnecessary risk to exercise their right to vote.
Governor Greg Abbott issued both of the orders mentioned above and also issued a state wide mask mandate in the summer of 2020 for all counties with more than 20 reported Covid-19 cases. Masks became a requirement in those counties in the case that social distancing was not possible, places like a polling place where record voter turn out will force people to be waiting in lines for long periods of time and also being with lots of people indoors. The governor's mask mandate does come with a few exception. One being polling places. Texans are not required to wear a mask at a polling place because the governor believes this presents an undue burden to anyone that does not have a mask. This is an especially bogus argument in a state that requires voters to present ID. Not to mention it would be easy enough for the state to offer masks at the polling place.
Governor Greg Abbott issued both of the orders mentioned above and also issued a state wide mask mandate in the summer of 2020 for all counties with more than 20 reported Covid-19 cases. Masks became a requirement in those counties in the case that social distancing was not possible, places like a polling place where record voter turn out will force people to be waiting in lines for long periods of time and also being with lots of people indoors. The governor's mask mandate does come with a few exception. One being polling places. Texans are not required to wear a mask at a polling place because the governor believes this presents an undue burden to anyone that does not have a mask. This is an especially bogus argument in a state that requires voters to present ID. Not to mention it would be easy enough for the state to offer masks at the polling place.
Date (Dublin Core)
October 10, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Chris Twing
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Chris Twing
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HSE
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
text
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Clothing & Accessories
English
Government State
English
Politics
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Texas Supreme Court
Governor Greg Abbott
mask
early voting
voter rights
voter suppression
voter ID
mandate
Texas
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
voter rights
voter suppression
mask
Texas
Governor Greg Abbott
Texas Supreme Court
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
10/10/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
10/24/2020
Date Created (Dublin Core)
10/10/2020
This item was submitted on October 10, 2020 by Chris Twing using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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