Abbott argues that reducing the number of places mail-in ballots can be dropped off will increase security.
Texas’s war on drop-off votes gets almost everything wrong|Bobbie Johnson|October 6, 2020|MIT Technology Review
The executive order, which amended a July 27 order by Abbott that expanded early voting and absentee ballot drop-offs, cites election security as the reason counties must close sites that were already collecting early ballots.
Texas governor’s limit on drop-off sites for mail-in ballots criticized as voter suppression|Meryl Kornfield, Felicia Sonmez|October 2, 2020|Washington Post
In August, Abbott rolled out an app called Navica alongside its card-based diagnostic test, which returns results in 15 minutes without relying on specialized lab equipment.
A QR code could decide whether you go back to work|Nicolás Rivero|September 30, 2020|Quartz
The app records users’ test results and generates a QR code, which Abbott hopes to market as a “digital health pass,” according to a company spokesperson.
A QR code could decide whether you go back to work|Nicolás Rivero|September 30, 2020|Quartz
As of now, though, even Abbott’s 15-minute test still needs to be ordered by a doctor and performed in a health care setting, so that can provide hurdles to its use.
New coronavirus tests promise to be faster, cheaper and easier|Jack J. Lee|August 31, 2020|Science News
This month a judge intervened and granted a 30-day temporary stay on police action against Abbott.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, Abbott is not about to let cold hard facts get in the way of a little politically motivated demagoguery.
The New Texas Governor’s Cynical Immigration Threat|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Abbott took advantage of that opening and pulled down a hefty share of the Hispanic vote.
Latinos Aren’t a ‘Cheap Date’ for Democrats Anymore|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"As Texans, the bonds we share transcend our differences," Abbott said.
In Texas, Cruz, Perry Crow Over GOP Rout|Tim Mak|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In addition to Cornyn and Abbott, George P. Bush will likely coast to victory.
The Most Interesting Place to Be Tonight|Tim Mak|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Soon after Mr. Abbott bought out the interest of M. S. Easton.
Fifty Years In The Northwest|William Henry Carman Folsom
"But, Wesley, seems to me you've just got to get that letter aboard," said Abbott.
The War-Trail Fort|James Willard Schultz
You think Mrs. Abbott will teach him much better than I could, and in that you are quite right.
The Whirlpool|George Gissing
I did not visit him again, but Abbott wrote to tell me that he had made an excellent recovery without hitch or relapse.
The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 38, February 1894|Various
No writer of children's books, not even the renowned Peter Parley has ever been so successful as Abbott.