This is a travesty!
Posted on 02/18/2022 5:59:06 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
(Reuters) - Thousands of Texas voters' mail-in ballots for midterm primary elections have been rejected for failing to comply with new Republican-backed identification requirements passed in the wake of former President Donald Trump's false claims of widespread fraud, county officials said.
Election officials in six of the state's largest counties, which are collectively home to about a third of Texas' population, are reporting unprecedented rates of invalid ballots, almost entirely because voters are neglecting to include an ID number on the envelope as the new law demands.
In Harris County, home to Houston and 4.7 million people, 3,475 ballots representing about 35% of those received by Tuesday could not be accepted because voters did not fill in the correct number. In past years, the overall rejection rate was between 5% and 10%.
The vast majority of ballots appeared to have been cast by registered voters who simply made an honest mistake, officials said.
"These layers don't provide more security, but they are providing more rejection," said Isabel Longoria, the top election official in Harris, the state's most populous county. "Election administrators are in this very bizarre situation where it's our job to help voters vote ... and we're having to reject ballots at a rate we've never seen before."
The number of rejected votes is certain to rise, given that the majority of mail-in ballots have not yet arrived at clerks' offices ahead of the March 1 primary.
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Can’t get through the first sentence.
False claims, my behind.
Awesome. Then it is working.
I’m sorry, but if you’re too stupid to be able to write your DL or ID number on a form, you’re probably too stupid to vote anyway.
Agree
This is great news!
Isabel ignores the probability that many or most of the rejected ballots are, in fact, illegal.
“invalid ballots, almost entirely because voters are neglecting to include an ID number on the envelope as the new law demands...”
“The vast majority of ballots appeared to have been cast by registered voters who simply made an honest mistake, officials said”
If they are not smart enough to complete the simple task of adding a number to the envelope are they smart enough to make an educated decision on who to vote for?
Just sayin’
Texas primary voting allows the voter to choose the party to vote for at the time of filling out the ballot. It looks like Democrats voting to advance Republican losers are too dumb to fill out the envelop properly.
Goodness! They are making it almost as hard to vote as to apply for a crap credit card or a state issued ID card. Where is the huge manatee?
Sounds like it’s working pretty well.
Travis-ty.......................
By identifying the registered voters who rarely vote, the Democrats have been able to vote in their name. As long as these mail-in ballots allow people to vote without even knowing they are voting, the Democrats are going to steal elections.
Written by some good Leftist propagandists...ready for a lead story on CBS and the others...Bravo!
So the harvested ballots are being culled out because the harvesters don’t have the valid ID number? Sounds like the law is working as intended.
[The vast majority of ballots appeared to have been cast by registered voters who simply made an honest mistake, officials said.]
“Honest mistake” my foot....
If they are too STUPID to follow the instructions, we don’t need them picking our leaders!
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