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U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen seems skeptical of efforts to reject 127,000 ballots in Harris County, Texas, cast via drive-through voting

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Hanen says plaintiffs have an uphill road and need to convince him that Harris County had an "evil motive" in allowing drive-through voting for Texas voters

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Hanen asking plaintiffs' attorneys: "Didn't we test this in the primaries this summer?"

Drive-through voting has "been going on for two weeks," Hanen said. "Why am I just getting this case?"

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Plaintiffs' attorneys arguing that drive-through ballots were cast illegally & will dilute other counties that followed state law

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Richard Mithoff, the lawyer for Harris County, tells the court that drive-through voting is monitored the same way as other voting methods.

He's also pointing out that drive-through voting got bipartisan approval from county commissioners.

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Attorneys are arguing whether a car is a "structure" for the purposes of a voting place.

Texas election code apparently doesn't define what a "structure" is.

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Attorneys from the ACLU, League of Women Voters, the Texas Civil Rights Project, MJ Hegar's US Senate campaign & others are also giving brief arguments to the court.

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The ACLU's lawyer is advising Hanen not to issue an order that would effectively ask drive-through voters to vote again:
"Once the egg has been scrambled it doesn’t make sense to put it back in the egg. We’re talking about a very large scramble."
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Jared Woodfill, attorney for the plaintiffs, is arguing that Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins is trying to "create a new manner of voting" with drive-through voting and "attempting to create a pandemic exception to the election code."

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Should be noted that Woodfill had said on Sunday that he's prepared to take his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court

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Latest from @Reuters on Judge Hanen's hearing:

U.S. judge weighs bid to void 127,000 votes cast at drive-through sites in Texas
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-texas/u-s-judge-weighs-bid-to-void-127000-votes-cast-at-drive-through-sites-in-texas-idUSKBN27I158?il=0

by @Jennifer_Hiller & @JanNWolfe

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