Texas woman recounts her mail ballot hassle: 3 forms, 28 days, lots of guesswork

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This lady is a past president of the League of Women's voters and was on the board that checks signatures on vote by mail ballots. It took Pam over a month to get her vote by mail ballot

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But Gaskin’s pledge was put to the test this year after a new state voting law implemented extra ID requirements for mail-in ballot requests. Republicans championed the changes last year in the name of election security, but the stipulations have also created mass confusion and a record number of rejected applications ahead of the March primaries.

Gaskin and her husband, Michael, were denied ballots twice this month over procedural mishaps — and if she were any less determined to vote, it may have stayed that way.

“I’ve been a voting rights activist all my life, and I'm 74 years old,” said Gaskin, now a Missouri City resident. “And I have not seen anything like this. I really haven't.”,,,,,

“I keep up with changes in the laws that affect voters and often speak to church groups and other community organizations,” she wrote. “I have NEVER experienced anything like these misguided and Jim Crow-like rules concerning voting. This is almost as bad as asking people how many jelly beans are in the jar.”

Gaskin, who has been a member of the Texas League of Women Voters for about 25 years, worries that others won’t be as persistent as she has been.

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1. Pam Gaskin was evidently on CNN this afternoon and will be on The Last Word tonight

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2. Here is Pam on CNN

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3. 'This is Jim Crow 2.0': Pam Gaskin, a Texas voter whose mail ballot application was rejected twice

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