What’s at stake in the fight over 127,000 Harris County drive thru ballots? Plaintiffs attorney Jared Woodfill in the courtroom after the decision: “If Harris County goes against Trump in large numbers then he could lose Texas... As far as I’m concerned this is ground zero.”
Jennifer Hiller
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@WSJ reporter covering green power, EV charging, energy transition. Slow runner, lapsed surfer. Ex @Reuters @ExpressNews @HonAdv. Tips: [email protected]
- “Please join us now or be left behind,” @BetoORourke says at a protest across from the NRA convention in Houston.
- So excited to join the Wall Street Journal's fantastic energy team today. I'll be covering green power - the grid and energy transition. Looking for all the ideas/tips/suggestions you can throw at me: DMs open or [email protected]
- I tell my editor this exact thing all the time.Chyron of the day?
- Waiting on a ruling in federal court from Judge Hanen on 127k drive through votes cast in Harris County. He said 15-20 minutes. The county expects 20k more people to choose drive through voting tomorrow (depending on this ruling)
- Here she is, Miss America @Grace_Stanke, part of a pop culture moment for nuclear power:
- Court isn’t back in session yet. About 50 people in the room waiting, zillions of you virtually. Harris County wants votes already cast to count, preserving those people’s right to vote. Judge Hanen’s response “They were relying on what their election officials told them to do.”
- How's it going in Big Oil? Exxon recessed its AGM to extending voting as it tries to avoid losing board seats to a small activist fund. Dutch court ordered Shell to deepen planned GHG emissions cuts. Majority of Chevron shareholders vote in favor of reducing Scope 3 emissions.
- Some personal news, Twitter friends. After 12 wonderful years at the @ExpressNews, I'm joining @Reuters in Houston today to cover the oil majors and shale.Welcome to @Reuters, @Jennifer_Hiller! We're excited to have you on board as part of the team in Houston.
- Apache says it has one drilling rig in the Permian Basin "currently finishing its last well." It had 21 rigs in the first quarter. Won't drill/frack the rest of the year.
- Asked my kid if he's caught up with homework. Him: I can't possibly keep up, they keep assigning things. Dude, SAME
- Judge is ruling that the plaintiffs don’t have standing, throwing this case out, expects an appeal. He says he wouldn’t vote by drive thru tomorrow in case appeals courts disagree with him.
- Some tech issues here in federal court today, where so many people dialed in the court itself could not get through at first. Still waiting for a ruling on Harris County drive through ballots. Three other Texas counties used this (Bee, Kerr, Calhoun) but no challenge to those.






