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Texas county rejects half of mail-in ballot applications amid new voter restrictions
The Guardian ^ | Jan 15, 2022 | Oliver Milman

Posted on 01/15/2022 4:42:44 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

Election officials in the Texas county that includes the state capital, Austin, have rejected about half of applications for mail-in ballots, following new voting restrictions brought in by Republicans.

The voter identification rules have led to the rejection of about half of the 700 mail-in ballots requested in Travis county for primary elections in March, according to the county’s clerk.

The denied ballots in Travis county follow a similar trend across Texas, with officials in Harris county, which includes the city of Houston, and Bexar county, which includes San Antonio, also turning down a substantial number of mail-in ballot applications.

Republicans in several states have sought to impose voting restrictions in the wake of baseless allegations of voter fraud by Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former president who has struggled to accept the reality that he was beaten fairly by Joe Biden in last year’s presidential election.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ballots; electionfraud; mailin; olivermilman; texas; traviscounty; votefraud; voterregistration
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Won, 1/2 of 700, 350 applications rejected because of mistakes on the applications. Oh the Humanity!!!!
1 posted on 01/15/2022 4:42:44 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Many illegal immigrants are not real handy with English or Spanish.


2 posted on 01/15/2022 4:44:50 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (When Satan craps another demon possessed Progressive is born.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Dead people are having challenges voting in Texas?


3 posted on 01/15/2022 4:45:56 PM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

It’s likely democrats doing a set-up, testing the republican rules, and preparing for demonization of the rules and republicans.


4 posted on 01/15/2022 4:47:18 PM PST by adorno
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Zombies don’t write good.


5 posted on 01/15/2022 4:47:53 PM PST by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

That’s discrimination against the really stupid.


6 posted on 01/15/2022 4:48:36 PM PST by euram
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Wow! Color me surprised this happening in the demonrat strongholds.

Austin - CA invaders

Houston - BLM

San Antonio - illegals


7 posted on 01/15/2022 4:50:23 PM PST by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

The law is catching some of the fraudulent ballots. That is a good thing.


8 posted on 01/15/2022 4:56:00 PM PST by EastTexasTraveler
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

>baseless allegations of voter fraud by Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former president who has struggled to accept the reality that he was beaten fairly by Joe Biden in last year’s presidential election.<

MSM spins and lies! OMG!


9 posted on 01/15/2022 5:00:22 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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Why are stupid people allowed to vote in the first place? They have zero knowledge of issues, and if one does not pay taxes to run the ship, he/she should not be voting for politicians who encourage more handouts for not doing any work.


10 posted on 01/15/2022 5:08:50 PM PST by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

President Trump was “impeached” twice by DNC pubic hairs. Nothing for the DNC ‘RATS to be really proud of.


11 posted on 01/15/2022 5:10:13 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Propaganda, designed to assist the Biden voter law push.


12 posted on 01/15/2022 5:10:59 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

350 ballots can swing an election, especially the primaries, where fewer voters show up.


13 posted on 01/15/2022 5:12:39 PM PST by lurk (u)
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“in the wake of baseless allegations of voter fraud by Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former president who has struggled to accept the reality that he was beaten fairly by Joe Biden in last year’s presidential election.”

Can you spell and smell the absence of any slant ??

Three strikes in one sentence.


14 posted on 01/15/2022 5:12:54 PM PST by George from New England
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"The law is catching some of the fraudulent ballots. That is a good thing."

Not ballots. Applications for ballots.

15 posted on 01/15/2022 5:16:02 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (Not Responding to Seagull Snark)
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To: bgill

Hey Houston has their share of illegals too...


16 posted on 01/15/2022 5:16:05 PM PST by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“Republicans in several states have sought to impose voting restrictions in the wake of baseless allegations of voter fraud by Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former president who has struggled to accept the reality that he was beaten fairly by Joe Biden in last year’s presidential election.”

That has to be one of the fairest, neutral, unbiased, and editorial-free news reporting I have read in some time.


17 posted on 01/15/2022 5:25:20 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (Election Fraud Deniers--Won't follow the science, won't follow the law.)
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To: bgill

Add Katrina transplants to Houston too..


18 posted on 01/15/2022 5:29:29 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Verifying that an applicant is a properly registered citizen voter is now claimed by the Dems to be suppressing the vote. People have a choice of submitting their driver’s license number, state ID number or the last four digits of their social security number on their applications. Counties then have to match this information with voter profiles to approve them for a mail-in ballot. Sounds good to me.


19 posted on 01/15/2022 5:40:55 PM PST by Freee-dame (E)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Not a “voting restriction.” It is a ballot integrity requirement that the ballot requester prove who they are.


20 posted on 01/15/2022 5:46:50 PM PST by Savage Rider
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