An analysis by Associated Press found the flagged ballots, putting the rate of rejected mail ballots in Texas on track to significantly surpass previous elections.
, many pushed by Republican lawmakers who especially took aim at mail ballots after states expanded options to make voting safer during the coronavirus outbreak. Some of the restrictions were fueled by the continued false claims in the GOP about widespread fraud in PresidentAbbott’s office did not return requests for comment about the number of rejected ballots.
Texas’ new mail voting rules require voters to return ballots with a personal identification number — such as a driver’s license number — which then must match the number in voter registration files. Other new rules in Texas ban drive-thru voting and 24-hour polling centers and make it a felony for a government official to solicit mail ballots.
The AP obtained reports from 120 counties — nearly half of the 254 in Texas — through county websites and contacting all counties that had not posted a report publicly.
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