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8 Apr 2022 11:45 am
Nearly 25,000 mail-in ballots rejected in March 1 Texas primary, mostly due to new election lawBeekeeper » 08 Apr 2022, 7:15 am » wrote: ↑ The simple FACTS are, they can't show you ONE CASE where fewer people turned out to vote in any election when SOLID laws where enacted that secured our elections to be FAIR and "one person, one vote" assurances. NOR can they show you ONE PERSON who was LEGALLY ELIGIBLE TO VOTE that couldn't cast a ballot.
The first vote conducted under requirements of the new state law saw a rejection rate of 12.4% of ballots mailed to elections offices, a trend AARP Texas director calls “deeply troubling.
”AUSTIN — The Texas Secretary of State issued a report Wednesday indicating that nearly 25,000 mail-in ballots were rejected during the March 1 primary, sharply higher than rejections recorded in prior elections.
The major increase in the number of rejected ballots stems almost entirely from new mail-in ballot identification rules from a controversial election law enacted earlier this year. Before the law, election officials typically saw rejection rates hovering near 1%.
In total, 24,636 ballots were rejected across Texas. Of those, 14,281 were Democratic ballots while 10,355 were ballots for the Republican primary. About 3 million ballots were cast in the primaries.
More than 12% of mail-in ballots were rejected in Texas under new GOP voting rules: final tally - Raw Story
Texas Sen. Beverly Powell explains why she stopped reelection bid | Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The outcome of the Senate District 10 election was predetermined after the latest redistricting cycle, Texas Sen. Beverly Powell said hours after announcing her withdrawal from the November general election.
Powell, a Burleson Democrat and first-term state senator, is suspending her campaign for the North Texas district and withdrawing her name from the ballot. Her exit sets up an all but certain victory for state Rep. Phil King, a Republican who won his primary in March and is set to appear on the November ballot.
In an interview with the Star-Telegram, Powell said she would have stayed in the race were it not for the new boundaries that she and others argue in a federal lawsuit are racially discriminatory, dividing Tarrant County’s Black, Latino and Asian voters.
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