BREAKING: Texas Supreme Court DENIES petition seeking to toss out almost 127,000 Harris County votes cast in drive-thru lanes.
Denial is without comment.
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Chuck Lindell
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Texas Tribune after 3+ decades with the Austin American-Statesman. Father of 2, husband of 1, fool for poker.
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Joined May 2010
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- Replying to @chucklindellThe Texas Supreme Court on Sunday rejected, without comment, a bid by three Republican candidates and a GOP activist to toss out almost 127,000 votes cast in drive-thru lanes in the emerging Democratic stronghold of Harris County. The developing story at: statesman.com/news/20201101/…
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