SAN ANTONIO The debate over voting by mail in Texas is getting a closer look because of the spread of COVID-19. RELATED: Your questions answered about mail-in voting controversy in Texas during coronavirus pandemicFive states can vote entirely by mail. The same argument was used in 1971-72 to oppose giving 18-year-olds the right to vote, going back to 1920, giving women the right to vote, said Taylor. Martinez believes allowing more people to vote by mail would open the door to voter fraud. Monica Alcantara, the chair of the Bexar County Democratic Party, said the partisan rhetoric surrounding the issue of mail-in voting is an effort to suppress the vote.