{"id":371,"date":"2020-05-17T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/600hemphill.com\/?p=371"},"modified":"2020-05-16T23:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T23:13:00","slug":"election-mandamus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/600hemphill.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/17\/election-mandamus\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Mandamus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/600hemphill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/election-2020-sticker.jpg?resize=185%2C118&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374\" width=\"185\" height=\"118\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite unusual features of the State&#8217;s mandamus petition about mail-in ballots as to (1) the degree of discretion given county election officials, (2) the early stage of preparation for the 2020 election, and (3) ongoing litigation (as discussed briefly by me in this (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/politics\/texas\/article\/Texas-AG-asks-state-Supreme-Court-to-block-15268206.php?cmpid=gsa-chron-result\">Houston Chronicle interview<\/a>), the Supreme Court has set the matter for oral argument on <a href=\"https:\/\/600hemphill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wednesday-of-this-week.pdf\">Wednesday of this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite unusual features of the State&#8217;s mandamus petition about mail-in ballots as to (1) the degree of discretion given county election officials, (2) the early stage of preparation for the 2020 election, and (3) ongoing litigation (as discussed briefly by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/600hemphill.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/17\/election-mandamus\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-court-information","category-mandamus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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