Six Texas voters, supported by the National Redistricting Foundation, filed a lawsuit in Texas Wednesday, challenging the state’s Absentee Ballot Age Restriction and arguing the restriction is unconstitutional, especially given the current threat of COVID-19.
The Absentee Ballot Age Restriction prohibits any voter in Texas under the age of 65 from requesting and casting their ballot by mail in the state’s elections, “unless they will be absent from the county where they are registered to vote for the entirety of Election Day, are confined in jail but otherwise eligible to vote, have a sickness or physical condition preventing them from appearing to vote in person … or are expected or likely confined for childbirth.”
