Supreme Court rejects challenge to Texas mail-in voter law over alleged age discrimination

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge to Texas's mail-in voter law placing an age threshold on eligibility to vote early by mail.

The court rejected the case without comment, the Washington Times reported. Four justices would have had to support reviewing the case for the challenge to proceed. 

Texas permits voters aged 65 or older, disabled voters, or those who will not be present in the state to vote early by mail. The group of voters had contended that the age threshold ran afoul of the 26th Amendment.

Section 1 of the Amendment reads:

The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals found that the law did not infringe on the rights of some voters by making it easier for others to exercise their own.

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