Texas Supreme Court declines to throw out Harris County ballots
Harris County Elections officials look over ballots in the central count area at NRG Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in Houston.The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to throw out around 2,000 provisional ballots cast in Harris County during an extended voting hour on Election Day.The ballots in question were cast between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Election Night, Nov. 8.
Christopher Hilton, chief of the general litigation division of the Attorney General's Office, declined on Monday to comment on why the office did not ask for the ruling sooner.On Election Night, the Texas Organizing Project, Texas Civil Rights Project and ACLU of Texas obtained a court order from a judge requiring all Harris County polling locations to extend voting hours until 8 p.m.
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