Fifth Circuit Extends Its Vote-By-Mail Order
Panel Says State Will Likely Prevail Against VBM Expansion
"...On Thursday, June 4, in a lengthy order, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of..."
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June 5, 2020 News Post by Michael King
Mail-Order Gifts
Send those out-of-towners a little taste of Austin for the holidays
"...sold in individual serving-sized pudding basins imported from England. Order these delightful, authentic sweets online. They are sold in..."
Dec. 5, 2008 Food Feature
Mail Order Wife
The premise of this gleefully jaundiced mockumentary is simple: A filmmaker pays the expenses of a Queens doorman buying a bride from Burma in exchange for the opportunity to film the proceedings.
April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Texas Mail-Order Citrus
Dec. 13, 1996 Food Feature
Can’t Vote by Mail Now? Perhaps November.
Courts have time – if not the will – to expand VBM before general election
"...Court will act soon enough to allow more generous mail ballot rules and better planning for the November general..."
June 30, 2020 News Post by Michael King
Paxton Renews Threats Against Vote-by-Mail
Attorney General threatens “criminal sanctions” for “illegal” VBM
"...sanctions” against voters (and “third parties”) using voting by mail without legal permission. The threats are aimed at anyone..."
June 15, 2020 News Post by Michael King
Democrats Take Vote-by-Mail to Supreme Court
TDP and voters request Supremes to lift stay on VBM for all
"...the U.S. Supreme Court today, requesting allowing vote by mail to all Texas voters. One plaintiff called the age..."
June 16, 2020 News Post by Michael King
Federal Judge Legalizes Texas Vote-by-Mail
Broad ruling says all Texas voters can request mail ballots
"...latest episode of the legal donnybrook over voting by mail in Texas, the arena has shifted to federal court...."
May 22, 2020 News Feature by Michael King
Texas Supreme Court Puts Vote-by-Mail on Hold
Court stays expansion of “disability” voting – Ken Paxton celebrates
"...May 15, the Texas Supreme Court issued a brief order blocking a lower court ruling that all voters can..."
May 18, 2020 News Post by Michael King
Texas Attorney General Asks State Supreme Court to Stop Expansion of Voting by Mail
After his threats fail, Ken Paxton heads to court
"...Wednesday to stop county election officials from accepting “illegal” mail ballot applications. If the court agrees … it’s not..."
May 14, 2020 News Post by Michael King
Judge Sulak Issues Vote-by-Mail Injunction
Enables mail ballots for all voters to vote by mail
"...201st District Court,*[correction below] issued a temporary injunction enabling vote-by-mail in Travis County and, in principle, all Texas voters..."
April 17, 2020 News Post by Michael King
Texas Voting Rights Groups, Voters Sue Gov. Abbott Over Order Closing Ballot Delivery Sites
One location per county is unconstitutional, suit argues
"...Abbott issued a proclamation requiring Texas counties to limit mail-in ballot hand delivery sites to one location per county...."
Oct. 2, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan
Federal Judge Legalizes Vote-by-Mail
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery allows universal vote by mail
"...state election law, and therefore eligible to vote by mail ballot...."
May 19, 2020 News Post by Michael King
Texas Supreme Court Issues Ambiguous Decision on Vote-By-Mail
Rules COVID-19 risk not a “disability" – leaves VBM decision to voters
"...Supreme Court issued an ambiguous decision on voting by mail. The Court said lack of immunity to Covid-19 is..."
May 28, 2020 News Post by Michael King
Will Vote-by-Mail Happen by July?
Legal battle clouds election planning timeline
"...all local voters will be allowed to vote by mail. On Friday, a state district court said yes –..."
April 23, 2020 News Post by Michael King
Texas Democrats File Second Vote-by-Mail Suit
Federal lawsuit follows earlier state filing for emergency action
"...officials, to allow all Texas voters to vote by mail under current pandemic conditions, in the upcoming July and..."
April 7, 2020 News Post by Michael King
Defense Distributed ... by Mail
Cody Wilson has a workaround for judge's order
"...assembling a number of guns and accessories delivered by mail to your home. The cost associated with each "purchase"..."
Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Texas Democrats Take Vote by Mail to the U.S. Supremes
Texas Democratic Party and three under-65 voters ask Court to extend VBM to all Texas voters
"...that all Texas voters be allowed to vote by mail. One voter-plaintiff, San Antonio nurse Brenda Li Garcia, called..."
June 19, 2020 News Feature by Michael King
E-Mail Chitchat
"...He's Tom Terrific! The greatest hero ever! My TV-watching..."
Dec. 18, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser
Answers to Your Questions About Voting by Mail in Travis County
Options and deadlines for those not going to the polls
"...Q: How do I vote by mail?..."
Oct. 2, 2020 News Feature
Voting by Mail in Texas: Where Things Stand
The law, and the lawsuits
"...A qualified voter is eligible for early voting by mail if the voter has a sickness or physical condition..."
June 12, 2020 News Feature by Michael King
Fight for Vote by Mail Continues at 5th Circuit
Texas Democrats argue age limits violate constitution
"...Biery's injunction that would have allowed universal voting by mail in Texas for the July elections, the Texas Democratic..."
Sept. 4, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Legal Heat Rises on Vote-by-Mail
Dallas Dems file criminal complaint against attorney general
"...In the latest wrinkle of the Texas vote-by-mail wars, two Dallas Democrats on Monday, May 11, filed..."
May 15, 2020 News Feature by Michael King
MASS Gallery Sends Exquisite Corpses Through the Mail
The Austin artspace gets downright surreal with the USPS for its current exhibition
"...You ever send a corpse through the mail, citizen? How about an exquisite corpse?..."
Oct. 23, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Travis County Judge Blocks Abbott’s Order Limiting Ballot Delivery Sites
Texas AG Ken Paxton has appealed decision to Texas’ 3rd Court of Appeals
"...Texas voter Robert Ketsch arguing that Abbott’s Oct. 1 order – which forced Travis and Harris counties to close..."
Oct. 15, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan
Gag Order Denied
Quintana trial to be public
"...city's bid to have the court impose a gag order in the civil rights case filed on behalf of..."
March 26, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Mail?
The Paula Deen story gets wackier every day
"...or sexually inappropriate language during his entire career in order to get or keep their jobs, there wouldn’t be..."
July 18, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood
Top 10 Visual Art Things of 2006 (in chronological order)
"...and forth between Austin and Los Angeles through the mail in 2005. Really nostalgic and personally revealing, these are..."
Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper
Picture Bride
"...Director/co-screenwriter Hatta drew on her grandmother's experiences as a mail-order bride from Japan to write -- with her sister..."
Aug. 11, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor
A Silent Love
A Mexican and Canadian production, A Silent Love puts an unusual spin on some of the clichés of the romantic comedy.
"...the form’s overfamiliarity. We have seen movies before about mail-order brides, cultural collisions, and romantic triangles, but rarely are..."
Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
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