3920 states that the only disabilities that entitle a citizen to vote by mail are those that physically prevent a trip to the polls. 1 is one of several laws the Texas legislature passed under the influence of election denial and the delusion of a “stolen” presidential election. ![]() And these are only the disenfranchisements we can prove - no one knows how many voters sat out the election because of S.B. It was a mass disenfranchisement that did nothing to make elections more secure. In some counties, the initial rejection rate reached 40 percent, with only a portion of those ballots eventually corrected and rightfully counted. In order to have their votes counted, Texans had to place either a portion of their Social Security number or their driver’s license number on both the mail ballot application and the return envelope, and the number had to match their voter record.Ī whopping 12 percent of mail ballots were rejected for failing to satisfy the requirements - a 12-fold increase in the rejection rate for mail-in ballots in 2020. 1, and the state rejected more than 24,000 mail-in ballots for failure to comply with the new law’s abstruse and unnecessary administrative requirements. The March primaries were the first statewide election held under S.B. The bad thing doesn’t always happen, but this time it did. 1 “one of the cruelest and most aggressive restrictive voting bills to become law.” It empowered partisan poll watchers to create disruptions at voting places, and it did so at the expense of poll workers, who already suffered threats of violence after the 2020 election. It placed significant new burdens on voters with disabilities and banned 24-hour and drive-through voting. It erected barriers to early voting and voting by mail and reduced access to polling places. When the state legislature passed Senate Bill 1 in late 2021, election experts warned that the law would keep people from voting. There’s a reason we keep close watch on efforts to restrict voting access - we are living in a time of historic flux, with some states moving to expand voting while others try to reduce access to the polls. The Brennan Center will release the newest edition of our Voting Laws Roundup on Thursday. ![]() Click here to receive it every week in your inbox. Advance Constitutional Change Show / hide.National Task Force on Democracy Reform & the Rule of Law.Government Targeting of Minority Communities Show / hide. ![]() Campaign Finance in the Courts Show / hide.Gerrymandering & Fair Representation Show / hide.Ensure Every American Can Vote Show / hide.
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