Most ballots were tossed because they didn't comply with the new law, SB-1, and didn't have the same voter ID information as when people registered to vote.
– Elections records show 3,730 mail ballots were rejected in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin and Denton Counties during the March 1 primary.Most ballots were tossed because they didn’t comply with the new law, SB-1, and didn’t have the same voter ID information as when people registered to vote.
Here is a more detailed tally from each of the four counties that CBS 11 obtained from the Elections Administrators:Of those, 1,057 or 9.5 percent were rejected.A total of 14,544 mail ballots were sent to Dallas County residents and 3,077 were never returned to the county. The county further says that a total of 590 voters were able to correct their mail ballots, including 287 Democrats and 303 Republicans.
Records show 294 voters whose mail ballots were rejected decided to surrender them and instead vote in-person.A total of 7,883 mail ballots were sent and 1,633 of them were not returned to the county.In Denton County, records show 5,043 residents voted by mail.The records show 760 of those ballots were declined because they didn’t have the proper ID verification.Records show 229 voters whose mail ballots were declined surrendered them and voted in-person.
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing late Thursday afternoon entitled, “Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access To The Ballot in Texas.” The state law gave voters until March 7th, six days after the primary election, to correct mistakes on their mail ballots.