40 percent of incoming mail-in ballots in Harris County are being rejected under new TX voting law

[Celerity]

This article is two weeks old, but the rate has been confirmed as still going on by multiple sources on MSNBC and CNN the last 2 days. The Rethugs are going to do their level best to steal the elections. I hope Manchin and Sinema are happy. Their refusal to allow a filibuster cut-out for the voting rights bills is helping to pave a street to a possible christo-fascist, white nationalist takeover.


https://www.chron.com/politics/article/Texas-mail-in-ballots-Harris-County-elections-16920722.php

Feb. 15, 2022

Harris County election officials are reporting 40 percent of mail-in ballots have been flagged for rejection with the deadline to apply to vote by mail in the March 1 primary quickly approaching. Early voting kicked off Monday as the state prepares for its first big election under a new controversial voting law.

Lawmakers enacted stricter voter ID rules under Senate Bill 1, which took effect in December. The law requires voters to include their driver's license number or the last four digits of their social security number on their mail-in voting applications and ballots. Those numbers must also match information on a voter's record to be accepted.

This requirement has already caused hundreds of mail-in ballot requests in the county to be rejected, often due to voters failing to provide any ID numbers. The county has sent back 14 percent of mail ballot applications for corrections, specifically failing to meet new ID requirements, according to Leah Shah, a spokesperson for the Harris County Elections Administrator's office. During the county's 2018 primary, only seven percent were rejected.

"Based on our historical data, this is specifically attributed to the new law and a lack of understanding or education around the new fields that are required," Shah says.

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[Casady1]

1. working as planned

[jimfields33]

5. Why not send a YouTube video to every voter showing then what to do

Ok. I know that doesn’t fix the crappy law but maybe 35 percent will do it and we get the five percent to the Secretary of elections to correct them.

[Hoyt]

2. Too late now for primaries, but the instructions are really simple.

Any candidate who has not been telling people how to fill out their ballot applications or ballot has been remiss. Same for Party officials. Don’t care about GOPers.

[11 Bravo]

3. That's a feature, not a bug.

[LisaM]

4. How is this information being disseminated? Online?

I would hope.it's ON the ballot, and being aired on broadcast networks and local radio. If it's online only, that's a fail. I know a lot of people don't accept.that there is still a digital divide, but there really is.