Staff Report

The possibility of mail-in voting in Texas appears to be dead for the vast majority of the population, but it is assured for one largely-overlooked group of voters – those who are incarcerated.

Texas law allows for anyone over the age of 18 to cast a ballot who is not a convicted felon (or has completed their sentence, probation and parole) and has not been declared mentally incapacitated by a court of law.

Hays County Jail has a capacity of 362 but because the Texas Commission o...