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Go Nakamura/Getty Images Harris County's elections chief decided to close all but one drive-through polling site amid legal challenges from a group of Texas Republicans despite state and federal courts rejecting lawsuits seeking to toss out ballots cast at the locations. County Clerk Chris Hollins said he would shutter nine out of 10 drive-through polling sites in the county, which includes Houston, due to concerns over appellate challenges after a federal judge rejected a Republican bid to invalidate votes cast at the locations. Harris County, the most populous county in Texas with a population of nearly 5 million, still has more than 800 regular polling locations open to the public.

Harris County's elections chief decided to close all but one drive-through polling site amid legal challenges from a group of Texas Republicans despite state and federal courts rejecting lawsuits seeking to toss out ballots cast at the locations.

County Clerk Chris Hollins said he would shutter nine out of 10 drive-through polling sites in the county, which includes Houston, due to concerns over appellate challenges after a federal judge rejected a Republican bid to invalidate votes cast at the locations. Harris County, the most populous county in Texas with a population of nearly 5 million, still has more than 800 regular polling locations open to the public.

Hollins approved 10 drive-through polling sites for early and Election Day voting to provide more options amid the coronavirus pandemic after the state restricted mail-in voting and ballot drop boxes. But a group of Republicans sued to try to throw out about 127,000 early votes cast at the drive-through locations and ban their use on Election Day, arguing that they were an illegal expansion of curbside voting, which the legislature limited to voters with illnesses or disabilities.

The Texas Supreme Court rejected the lawsuit, and U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen likewise shot down the group's bid to invalidate votes which had already been cast.