It's official: Texas’ new voting law led to higher rejection rates for mail-in ballots in Central Texas

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It's official: Texas’ new voting law led to higher rejection rates for mail-in ballots in Central Texas
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In Travis County, about 11,200 voters returned ballots by mail, but about 8% of those were rejected. That's significantly higher than in the 2018 primary, where about 2% of mail-in ballots were rejected. | AshLopezRadio

Travis County and other counties in Central Texas have reported a higher than normal number of rejected mail-in ballots during the March 1 primary elections.

Davis was among many county election officials who warned changes to ID requirements for mail-in votingSB 1 requires that voters provide either a partial social security number or driver’s license number on their application to vote by mail, as well as on the carrier envelope when they return their actual ballot to their county election official.

As ballots were returned to voters for correction and then sent back, the percentage of flagged ballots came down. — Republican voters who mailed in ballots had a higher percentage of rejections. About 9.9% of Democratic mail ballots were rejected in the county, while about 13.8% of GOP mail ballots were rejected.

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