Early voting is already underway in the midterm elections, though this year voters in some states are dealing with new laws governing how to cast ballots.
Abbott's order shuttered dozens of sites statewide, limiting the number of drop-off locations to one per county, including in Texas' biggest cities.
Election judges said off-camera they have never seen anything like it.
Registered voters can also vote on Election Day, even if they've requested mail in ballot.
It appears that an election worker's decision to throw out nine military ballots in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, amounted to a mistake and not "intentional fraud."