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Judge in Texas shoots down Abbott’s plan to limit ballot boxes to 1 per county

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A federal judge on Friday blocked Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to authorize only one ballot box per county in Texas, no matter the size.

Abbott’s order shuttered dozens of mail ballot drop-off sites. He issued the order Oct. 1, after voters had started returning ballots.

Democrats and voting rights groups accused the Republican governor of voter suppression, arguing the order most directly affected the state’s largest cities, which are Democratic strongholds.The League of United Latin American Citizens filed suit earlier this month.

Abbott said the move was designed to  "strengthen voting safety in Texas." Judge Robert Pitman said the directive imposed a "burden on an already vulnerable voting population that is somewhere between 'slight' and.

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