After New Texas Law Requiring ID Information on Absentee Ballots – 28% of Mail-In Ballots in Primary Rejected

By Joe Hoft February 12, 2022 227 Comments

Texas instituted a law that all absentee ballots must include an identification number with the filing.  As a result over a quarter of ballots to date have been returned in a primary there. A local Dallas newspaper, the Dallas Morning News, is reporting: 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........To Read More..