Overview

• The defendants face third-degree felony counts under a 2021 Texas statute that prohibits third-party delivery of completed absentee and mail-in ballots.
• They were indicted late last month by a South Texas district attorney working in tandem with Attorney General Ken Paxton’s election integrity unit.
• Defense counsel argued in court filings that the ballot-delivery law is vague, overbroad and violates constitutional protections for political speech and voting rights.
• State District Judge Sid Harle is set to consider the motions in early October, keeping the case in its pretrial stage for now.
• Civil-rights groups including LULAC have condemned the prosecutions as politically driven actions that threaten routine voter outreach in Latino communities.