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  • Ed Lavandera
    National Correspondent

    Ed Lavandera is a National Correspondent for CNN U.S. based in the Dallas bureau.

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  • HOUSTON, TX - OCTOBER 07: Voters in cars line up at a drive-through mail ballot drop-off site at NRG Stadium on October 7, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Gov. Gregg Abbott issued an executive order limiting each county to one mail ballot drop-off site due to the pandemic. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

    Most drive-thru voting locations to close for Election Day in Houston-area county at center of legal drama

  • Federal judge rejects GOP challenge to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes

  • Texas Supreme Court denies GOP-led petition seeking to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston area

  • Texas Supreme Court denies GOP-led effort to invalidate thousands of votes

  • In El Paso, the man who inspired 'BlacKkKlansman' and wife battle Covid-19 amid surge

  • El Paso woman hospitalized with Covid-19 has a message for Americans

  • See how Texans are fighting to keep their businesses alive

  • This 60-year-old short-order cook is facing eviction as pandemic economy claims more victims

  • 'All I can do is pray': 60-year-old cook facing homelessness