A Newsy investigation found a redesigned ballot envelope, which Republicans in Texas said would prevent voter fraud, actually blocked legal votes. The rate of rejected mail-in ballots in TX jumped from 1% in 2020, to more than 12% during a March primary.
Small changes in new voting rules for something as simple as an envelope. Sealing it can keep legitimate votes from counting. That's the takeaway from Newsy's investigation into what happened with a surge of rejected ballots in Texas.
"I had not read that, and probably most of Houston hadn't read that," Republican voter Susan Gaertner said. Ohio has a similar requirement for mail-in voters to include an ID number. Yet that state's rejection rates are normal, low. The difference? Ohio's voter instructions have been the same for years."They've numbered the steps," Quesenbery said."You must complete all five sections, so they've done things to create a pathway through it."Quesenbery says Texas just didn't have enough time to thoughtfully re-tool its ballot.
To make one word purple, Longoria said she had to get approval from the secretary of state and that took about a month. They plan to re-evaluate design of the mail ballot envelopes ahead of the November election. Election offices in Texas call up voters who send an incomplete ballot if they have a phone number on file, giving them a chance to fix the problem so their vote can be accepted.
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