srothstein wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 1:50 am
Vol Texan wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:35 pm
jason812 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 9:22 pm
And if I don't, since its a federal judge's order, will the FBI come after me?
Not so much a federal judge’s order as it is an invalidation of a section in the governor’s mandate. The judge is not mandating masks, rather he is claiming one of the gov’s exemptions puts an extra burden on P(s)OC.
I hope the judge can explain to all of us how NOT requiring something is a burden on anyone. I could see how requiring masks is a burden, but exempting people from it? That makes no sense.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 054972002/
The order by U.S. District Judge Jason Pulliam, appointed by President Donald Trump, voided an exemption for polling sites that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had included in his statewide mask mandate.
The exemption, Pulliam ruled, violates the Voting Rights Act “because it creates a discriminatory burden on Black and Latino voters.”
The pandemic has disproportionately affected minorities, placing them at higher risk of severe illness and death and forcing them to make “the unfortunate choice required between voting and minimizing their risk” of exposure under Abbott’s poll exemption, the judge wrote.