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Texas County Rejects Half of Mail-In Ballot Applications Amid New Voter Restrictions
- Beto O'Rourke and Luci Baines Johnson spoke at a voting rights rally in Austin, TX, Father's Day, June 20, 2021.
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- 'Texas county rejects half of mail-in ballot applications amid new voter restrictions.' The Guardian, Jan. 15, 2022. -Ed. Denied ballots follow trend across state after Republicans imposed new rules following Trumps baseless fraud claims.
Election officials in the Texas county that includes the state capital, Austin, have rejected about half of applications for mail-in ballots, following new voting restrictions brought in by Republicans. The voter identification rules have led to the rejection of about half of the 700 mail-in ballots requested in Travis County for primary elections in March, according to the countys clerk.
The denied ballots in Travis County follow a similar trend across Texas, with officials in Harris County, which includes the city of Houston, and Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, also turning down a substantial number of mail-in ballot applications. Republicans in several states have sought to impose voting restrictions in the wake of baseless allegations of voter fraud by Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former president who has struggled to accept the reality that he was beaten fairly by Joe Biden in last years presidential election.
In Texas, state Republicans last year enacted new voting laws that require absentee voters to include their drivers license number, state ID number or the last four digits of their social security number on their applications. Counties then have to match this information with voter profiles to approve them for a mail-in ballot. The new rules also ban drive-through and 24-hour voting and allow more access to partisan poll watchers. The Biden administration has decried the wave of voting restrictions around the country as undemocratic and the US justice department has filed a lawsuit claiming that Texas new laws disenfranchised eligible voters contrary to their civil rights.
The Travis County clerks office said it had not received enough information from the Texas secretary of state to help voters provide the correct information. Many other counties are experiencing the same high rejection rate, the office told the Washington Post. We have not received instructions from the state outlining what our office can do to assist voters in submitting a completed application. The secretary of state, however, said he was surprised by the high rejection rate in Travis County and called on officials to revisit the ballots...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/15/texas-county-rejects-half-of-mail-in-ballot-applications-amid-new-voter-restrictions
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Also:
https://www.vox.com/2021/7/13/22573680/democrats-texas-flee-greg-abbott-voting-election-special-session-quorum
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2021/06/20/beto-orourke-host-austin-voting-rights-rally-texas-capitol/7763381002/
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Texas County Rejects Half of Mail-In Ballot Applications Amid New Voter Restrictions (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Jan 2022
OP
How many gqp ppl were rejected? Ya know there was a percentage that were turned down
PortTack
Jan 2022
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,212 posts)1. They don't like no stinking democracy
pwb
(11,291 posts)2. Texas must be close to turning Blue.
With all the effort to stop voters.
PortTack
(32,794 posts)3. How many gqp ppl were rejected? Ya know there was a percentage that were turned down