The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to Texas’ voting rules, which allow seniors to automatically vote by mail but not younger people.
The court pointed out that some states, such as Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee, have similar regulations that allow elderly voters to request an absentee ballot for any reason, while younger voters can only do so in specific circumstances. Otherwise, they must vote in person, and many only after producing a valid ID.
The court’s choice not to entertain the appeal from three Texas voters mirrors its prior dismissal of a comparable challenge to Indiana’s voting laws in 2021. The high court declined to consider earlier iterations of the Texas lawsuit that were filed by the Texas Democratic Party amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
