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Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott

Application to vacate stay denied on June 26, 2020

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
19a1055	5th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2019

Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should reinstate, pending appeal, a ruling by a federal district court that would allow all eligible voters in Texas to vote by mail for the 2020 election cycle.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Justices reject effort to allow mail-in voting for all in Texas (Amy Howe, June 26, 2020)
Texas Democrats ask justices to allow mail-in voting for all (Updated) (Amy Howe, June 16, 2020)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/16/2020	Application (19A1055) to vacate stay, submitted to Justice Alito.
06/17/2020	Response to application (19A1055) requested by Justice Alito, due Monday, June 22, by 4 p.m. ET.
06/22/2020	Response to application from respondents Greg Abbott, et al. filed.
06/23/2020	Reply of applicants Texas Democratic Party, et al. filed.
06/26/2020	Application (19A1055) referred to the Court.
06/26/2020	Application (19A1055) denied by the Court. Statement of JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR respecting the denial of application to vacate stay. (Detached Opinion).