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I read both of Paxton's filings.
Travis seemed to do everything right, such as open bidding, insourcing the data.
Bexar County outsourced the entire project.
They can grant Paxton's Bexar injunction based on:
Lack of open bidding
Supposed compensation per voter (which is illegal...aka buying votes). (I'm sure it was a slip of the tongue, because there are cost/benefits to everything, but it unfortunately meets Paxton's bar. I'm sure Paxton had someone in Tuesday's Commissioners Court meeting and he salivated when he heard it)
The request for the Travis injunction is based on Paxton's BS. Unfortunately, the Texas Supreme Court is very biased.
OTOH, they are two different suits. Bexar appears to have done things that are not consistent with Texas Statutes.
Travis has done everything that appears to be legal. There is no statute indicating whether or not counties can send out applications en masse. Paxton is arguing that they can't send them out because there isn't a law that states they can. Other than that, the lawsuit is full of his usual, "non-citizens will register" BS.
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