Weeks ahead of the state’s March 1 primary, local election officials in Texas are sending mail-in ballots back to thousands of voters who’d turned them in, citing issues with ID requirements created by the state’s controversial new voting law.
In Harris County — Texas’ largest county, which is home to Houston — election officials said they’d received 6,548 mail-in ballots as of Saturday, and had returned almost 2,500 — nearly 38% — for correction because of an incorrect ID.
That’s a far higher rejection rate than is typical.
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