More than 27,000 mail ballots in Texas were flagged for rejection in the first test of new voting restrictions enacted across the U.S. It puts 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 President Joe Biden's victory.
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.In Texas' largest county, around Houston, Harris County officials said more than 11,000 mail ballots had been flagged for rejection as of March 2. But in the county's preliminary report that is dated a day later, the number of rejected mail ballots was listed at 3,277.
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