RICHARDSON v. TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE

No. 20-50774.

978 F.3d 220 (2020)

Doctor George RICHARDSON; Rosalie Weisfeld; Move Texas Civic Fund; League of Women Voters of Texas; Austin Justice Coalition; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE, Ruth R. Hughs, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed October 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerad Wayne Najvar, Esq. , Austin M.B. Whatley , Najvar Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Movants-Appellants.

Hani Mirza , Zachary Dolling , Texas Civil Rights Project, Audra White , Willkie Farr & Gallagher, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Ryan Vincent Cox , Senior Attorney, Mimi Murray Digby Marziani , Texas Civil Rights Project, Austin, TX, Samuel Maclain Kalar , Richard Mancino , JoAnna Barbara Suriani , Willkie Farr & Gallagher, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Kyle Douglas Hawkins , Matthew Hamilton Frederick , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Anne Marie Mackin , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, Jerad Wayne Najvar, Esq. , Najvar Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Higginbotham, Smith, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


The United States is a few days from the November 3, 2020, General Election. Texas officials are preparing for a dramatic increase of mail-in voting, driven by a global pandemic.1 One of their many pressing concerns is to ensure the integrity of the ballot by adhering to the state's election...

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