US EditionFederal Court Upholds Texas' Ban on Paid Ballot Harvesting
The Fifth Circuit ruled Senate Bill 1's ban on paid ballot collectors is constitutional, supporting Texas's election integrity under the First Amendment, court documents show.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld Texas's ban on ballot harvesting, reversing a lower court; U.S. Circuit Judge Edith Jones, opinion author, said the district court erred.
- The law targets paid canvassers who handle in‑person mail ballots, as supporters say the practice can pressure voters; a federal district court called it unconstitutional.
- The law specifically applies to paid, in‑person conduct directly involving a ballot and excludes unpaid volunteers or general advocacy.
- The ruling could affect laws in roughly a dozen states ahead of the midterm elections later this year and ties into related cases such as Watson v. RNC, with arguments set for March 23.
- The panel rejected a First Amendment and vagueness challenge by finding the law constitutional under the First Amendment, as U.S. Circuit Judge Edith Jones wrote challengers bear a heavy burden to show impermissible vagueness in all applications.
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Court gives election integrity supporters huge victory * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link A ballot harvester in Georgia. A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has given a huge victory to election integrity supporters. Its ruling said Texas is allowed to ban paid political vote harvesting. “The Supreme Court has long recognized that ‘a state has a compelling interest in protecting voters from confusion
Texas's ban on ballot harvesting upheld by appeals court
A federal appeals court ruled that a Texas law banning ballot harvesting is constitutional, reversing a lower court’s ruling and handing the Lone Star State a key victory for one of its major election integrity laws. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of Texas over the portion of Senate Bill 1, a 2021 law with various election provisions, that banned paid canvassers from submitting mail-in ballo…
Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ban on Ballot Harvesting
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld Texas’s ban on paid ballot harvesting, reversing a lower court decision that had struck down the election-integrity safeguard. The post Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ban on Ballot Harvesting appeared first on Slay News.
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