WASHINGTON,
D.C. – Last night, the Republican National Committee
(RNC) secured another major election integrity victory after the Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals upheld key Texas election safeguards, including protections
against voter coercion and ballot harvesting.
"This
is a big win for Texas voters," said RNC
Chairman Joe Gruters. "The RNC helped beat back
yet another left-wing attempt to tear down commonsense election safeguards.
Texans deserve elections free from coercion, intimidation, and Democrat ballot
harvesting schemes, and this ruling keeps those protections firmly in place.
The RNC will keep fighting in court to make sure every legal vote counts."
Background:
- Last night,
the RNC helped
secure a major election integrity victory after the Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeals upheld
key voter assistance and absentee ballot safeguards in Texas' SB 1 and
reversed a lower court's ruling.
- The RNC has been
fighting to help defend Texas'
election integrity law - SB 1 - since it was passed in
2021.
- The RNC has successfully
defended SB 1 against legal challenges from Democrats
seeking to dismantle Texas' commonsense election integrity protections.
- The Fifth Circuit
upheld requirements that ballot assistors identify themselves, disclose
whether they are being paid, and attest that they did not coerce or
pressure voters.
- The Fifth Circuit
also upheld Texas' requirement that voters who vote by mail must provide
an identification number or social security number that matches the
State’s records.
- SB 1
was signed into law in 2021 and includes protections against ballot harvesting,
safeguards for voter assistance, stronger mail ballot verification
requirements, and expanded poll observation.
