Appeals court declines to ban Houston drive-thru voting

HOUSTON (AP) — A panel of federal appeals court judges has rejected an eleventh hour Republican effort to bar Election Day drive-thru voting in Houston. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the request in a one-sentence ruling issued late Monday. The court hadn’t been asked to invalidate votes already cast at drive-thru sites in the area. The request stemmed from a lawsuit brought by conservative Texas activists, who have railed against…