[update 12PM]
Having read through 1/2 of the Texas filing, the below is moot. They went into great detail about Act 77 and the deviations from it. Text is here:
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/admin/2020/Press/SCOTUSFiling.pdf
I suggest skipping down to page 14.
[original below]
So yesterday I discussed the new Texas suit which has been joined by just about every red state in the US. Of all the states that have been sued, Pennsylvania may be the only one with a viable out. Apparently last October, their legislature passed what is called "Act 77" Which made significant changes to mail in voting in that state.
Two items that caught my attention were:
15 more days to register to vote
The deadline to register to vote is extended to 15 days from 30 days before an election. Cutting the current deadline by half enables more people to participate in elections. The new more flexible and voter friendly deadlines provide more time to register to vote than 24 other states.Extends mail-in and absentee submission deadlines
Voters can submit mail-in and absentee ballots until 8:00 p.m. on election day. The current deadline is 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before an election, which is the most restrictive in the country. Pennsylvanians submitted 195,378 absentee ballots in 2018, but 8,162 – more than four percent – missed the deadline and were rejected. The national average is only two percent.
I don't currently know whether these changes cover the Texas claims as I currently don't have time to both read the act or the suit in their entirety. If Act 77 covers the changes made by PA then that state will likely be removed from the suit by SCOTUS (at the very least). I am unaware of other states with other such legislation. I would *assume* that Texas (and the other states) have looked into this. For all I know they already took Act 77 into consideration.
