‘Fraud is a real risk’: Court gives election integrity supporters huge victory

A ballot harvester in Georgia.

A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has given a huge victory to election integrity supporters.

Its ruling said Texas is allowed to ban paid political vote harvesting.

“The Supreme Court has long recognized that ‘a state has a compelling interest in protecting voters from confusion and undue influence’ and in ‘ensuring that an individual’s right to vote is not undermined by fraud in the election process,'” the opinion said. “These...