U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear Texas Voting Rights Case on Preference for Older Voters

Texas permits voters age 65 and over to vote absentee for any reason, but younger voters can’t vote absentee without good cause. On April 22, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Cascino v Nelson, 23-612, in which some voters had challenged the law on the grounds that the 26th Amendment prohibits treating some voters better than other voters because of their age. The lower courts had upheld the Texas law.

The Court had initially considered whether to hear this case in January, and had asked the state to respond, which shows that the Justices considered the case carefully.