28% of Dallas County mail-in ballots rejected so far as early voting opens Monday in Texas primary

The Dallas Morning News ^ | 1:35 PM on Feb 11, 2022 CST | Philip Jankowski

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AUSTIN — More than a quarter of absentee ballots mailed to Dallas County election officials as of Thursday for March 1′s party primary have been rejected, according to Dallas County Election Administrator Michael Scarpello’s office.

So far, Scarpello’s office has returned 166 ballots to absentee voters to allow voters to “cure” any issues with their ballots. The reason those ballots were rejected was not specified, and The Dallas Morning News is seeking clarification.

March 1′s primary is the first balloting the state is conducting since the controversial election law Senate Bill 1 took effect.

Across the state, election officials have reported issues with the new law related to absentee ballots due to a new provision requiring voters to supply either their Texas ID number or the last four digits of their Social Security number.

Those issues had been related to rejected mail-in ballot applications. But now, it appears SB 1 is having effects on actual ballots.

“Voter suppression is alive and well in Texas,” said Wesley Story, spokesman for Progress Texas in a news release. “Texans warned Republican lawmakers about the impact their anti-voter law would have but they passed it anyway, and now we’re seeing the consequences in real time.”

[Empire_of_Liberty]

I’m pretty sure it is. And apparently it is being made to “suppress votes” (all 166 - which are being “cured”) by those mean, nasty Republican voter suppression laws!

[AndyTheBear]

Are people who legitimately
need absentee ballots much more likely to vote against Republicans than the general voter?

[Yulee]

Are people who legitimately
need absentee ballots much more likely to vote against Republicans than the general voter?
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The military?
Older citizens who are by nature more conservative, and against socialism?
People traveling for work, who by nature are self dependent?

I wouldn’t say so.

With early voting, and verified absentee ballots for those home or institutionally homebound, there should be no “mail in balloting”.

[sergeantdave]

““Voter suppression is alive and well in Texas,” said Wesley Story, spokesman for Progress Texas...”

Any time you can get a woke leftist screaming and waving his spaghetti arms that “It’s not fair,” you’re doing something right. Good for Texas.

[AndyTheBear]

In that case, I do not find it plausible that Republican’s desire to make elections more secure is motivated by making it harder for those with legitimate need to absentee vote to do so. Unless it would give the Republicans an advantage, or at least unless Republicans *thought* it would, how can it be plausibly put forth as their motive?

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The converse of this, what Demonicrats want, is for any and all ballot applications to be honored, even if the voter is dead.

[fwdude]

What’s so telling is these voters, if that’s who they are, are getting the chance to CURE their rejected ballot. Doesn’t sound like “voter suppression” to me.

[fwdude]

I think the law should actually go further. Ballots and applications for ballots which aren’t accepted for lack of a critical ID component should flag the purported voter for extra scrutiny in the election. I.e. make sure no one attempts to vote in-person in the interim in that voter’s name.