Up to 40% of Mail-In Ballots Have Been Rejected in 3 NTX Counties

Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas election officials have rejected hundreds of mail in ballot applications because they did not meet requirements of the new law that requires a drivers license number or the last four digits of a social security number.

Elections administrators in Dallas,Tarrant and Denton counties have said up to 40% of mail-in ballot applications have been rejected because of errors.

In Harris County, County Judge Lina Hildago said in a tweet, that seven-times more mail-in ballot applications are being rejected “because of new TX voter suppression laws that create a maze of technicalities.”

New TX voter suppression laws are leading to 1 in 3 vote by mail applications being flagged for rejection in Harris County. Voters: please apply early, and include a phone number or email in your application so election workers can assist.
— Lina Hidalgo (@LinaHidalgoTX) January 19, 2022

Barbara Larkin, the VP of Voters Service for the League of Women Voters of Dallas told WFAA-TV that “SB1 has actually complicated voting in many ways.”

Also during an interview with WFAA, Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott attributed the increased rates of rejected ballots to being in a “learning curve. He suggested that voters verify their identifying information with his office at TexasVote.org.

Last year, the Texas bill sparked some democratic legislators to flee the state for weeks as they tried to prevent the State House of Representatives from having the quorum necessary to pass it, though they eventually returned.