Pitman called the governor’s decree “perplexing,” particularly since there will be multiple drop-off points per county on Election Day and since the state had already opened satellite drop-off locations within counties before the governor’s Oct. 1 proclamation.
The state immediately filed an appeal of the injunction, and the appeals court temporarily stayed the judge’s ruling, meaning the governor’s limitation on ballot drop-off sites will stay in effect until the higher court rules.
Domingo Garcia, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a civil rights group that sued the state, said the governor “is trying to prey on the fear of the pandemic, which will keep Hispanics from wanting to risk their lives by going to the polls in person.”
LULAC had argued in court papers that the one drop-off point rule would be particularly onerous in a place…
