Texas rejects hundreds of mail ballot applications under new voting limits
January 18, 2022
6:00 PM CST
Last Updated 10 hours ago
United States
By Joseph Ax
4 minute read
Jan 18 (Reuters) - Texas election officials have rejected hundreds of mail-in ballot applications, abiding by a new Republican-backed law just weeks before a March 1 primary kicks off this year's U.S. election cycle.
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The county, home to the state capital Austin, invalidated approximately 300 applications because people failed to meet the law's stricter identification requirements, said DeBeauvoir, who retires at month's end.
Lawmakers in Texas approved a raft of voting restrictions last year, one of many efforts in Republican-controlled states to pass new limits after former President Donald Trump falsely claimed he lost the 2020 election because of widespread fraud.
Democrats in Congress this week renewed their push to pass sweeping voting rights legislation that would overturn limits such as the Texas law, but the effort appears doomed in the face of united Republican opposition.
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