Federal Appeal Court Rules Out Covid-19 as an Excuse for Mail-In Ballots Texans cannot request mail-in ballots based on a fear of catching Covid-19 at the polls, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, the latest development in a high-stakes, fight over voting in the nation’s second-largest state https://t.co/jEex2Xi61V— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 4, 2020