Texas Supreme Court Refuses to Expand Vote-by-Mail Amid Virus

The Texas Supreme Court rejected a bid by voting-rights activists to expand access to mail-in ballots for state residents who fear they will contract the Covid-19 virus if they go to the polls in person.

The definition of the word “disability” under the Texas law governing who is eligible for mail-in ballots doesn’t stretch far enough to encompass voters who lack immunity to a potentially fatal infectious disease, the state’s highest court said in a ruling Wednesday.

The state had maintained allowing healthy voters under age 65 to use mail-in ballots would result in widespread voter fraud. President Donald Trump ...