Analysis: When 1 in 8 Texas mail ballots gets trashed, that's vote suppression

[LetMyPeopleVote]

The GOP is the party of voter suppression

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If you say — or write — that it’s harder to vote in Texas today than it was a year ago, or four years ago, someone will tell you how easy it is and how full of beans you are.

But what are we supposed to make of the thousands of rejected mail-in ballots during the Republican and Democratic primaries this month? The Texas Tribune’s Alexa Ura and Mandi Cai reported that 18,742 ballots were tossed in 16 of the 20 Texas counties with the most voters. And the Associated Press reported, after a survey of 187 of the state’s 254 counties, that 22,898 mail ballots — 13% of the total — were rejected this year.

The normal rate of rejection is 2%. In the 2020 presidential election, the rejection rate was under 1%.

Republicans in the state Legislature (and above) wanted to tighten the screws on elections in Texas last year, their answer to unsubstantiated claims of widespread irregularities and cheating in the 2020 election. That complaint started with President Donald Trump’s anguish over his reelection loss to Joe Biden and his efforts to upend voting results in enough states to flip the results.

[roamer65]

1. It's electoral fraud.

[MissMillie]

8. Winner, Winner... chicken dinner!

I'm making pizza tonight, but....

[Walleye]

2. By rejecting ballots they are actually accusing 23,000 people of committing crimes

Is the premise for all of this that everybody just wants to cheat, there are no legitimate voters?The implications are that their voters are dishonest and want to cheat. The question should be is the person eligible to vote or not.They shouldn’t be graded on neatness. The purpose of elections is to determine the will the people

[MerryHolidays]

3. It is the only strategy they have left

Depressing the vote in any way possible. Whether through gerrymandering, intimidation, eviscerating voter protections, gaslighting etc.

Unfortunately, it often works. The only solution is to fight EVERY single act or omission.

[live love laugh]

4. Who were the tossed votes FOR?

[MissMillie]

9. that would be fun to know

I wonder if there's a way to find out.


Wouldn't it be ironic if the Texas GOP were shooting themselves in the foot?

[live love laugh]

10. Yes I wish there was a way to find out. It should be transparent but of course it isn't.

[MagickMuffin]

5. And yet their guy won here in Texas

How many of the votes cast for trump legitimate?


Hmmmmmm, or for any of the other republicons that won!

[lagomorph777]

6. It's vote theft.

And it's not "almost" a crime.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. We call disenfranchising Seniors & Disabled Texans a *Complete Lack of Integrity*

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