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Texas mail ballot rejections soar under new restrictions
By PAUL J. WEBER and ACA- thing above 2% is usually
CIA CORONADO cause for attention.
Associated Press "My first reaction is 'yikes,'"
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas said Charles Stewart III, di-
threw out mail votes at an rector of the Election Data
abnormally high rate dur- and Science Lab at the
ing the nation's first primary Massachusetts Institute of
of 2022, rejecting nearly Technology. "It says to me
23,000 ballots outright un- that there's something seri-
der tougher voting rules ously wrong with the way
that are part of a broad that the mail ballot policy is
campaign by Republi- being administered."
cans to reshape American Republicans promised new
elections, according to an layers of voting rules would
analysis by The Associated make it “easier to vote and
Press. harder to cheat.” But the
Roughly 13% of mail bal- final numbers recorded by
lots returned in the March AP lay bare the glaring gulf
1 primary were discarded between that objective
and uncounted across 187 and the obstacles, frustra-
counties in Texas. While tion and tens of thousands
historical primary com- of uncounted votes result-
parisons are lacking, the ing from tighter restrictions Pam Gaskin talks about her mail-in primary election ballot at her home Monday, Jan. 31, 2022,
double-digit rejection rate and rushed implementa- in Missouri City, Texas. “It took me three tries and 28 days but I got my ballot and I voted,” said
would be far beyond what tion. Gaskin, 75, of Houston. Like many rejected mail voters, she did not list a matching identification
number that Texas' new law requires.
is typical in a general elec- Associated Press
tion, when experts say any- Continued on next page