Thousands of Texans’ voters were thrown out thanks to unneeded election ‘integrity’...
Supporters cheer and waves signs during a primary election night event for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and with his wife, State Sen. Angela Paxton, on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in McKinney, Texas. in 2021, as Texas Republicans executed their relentless pursuit of the phantom problem
And now? Tens of thousands of Texans who voted by mail in the March 1 primary had their ballots thrown out.Associated Press analysis That GOP mantra — to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat — is a good start, or would be if they only meant it. Or if their efforts to make elections more secure were more than just a costly, pernicious snipe hunt, looking for widespread voter fraud that simply doesn’t exist. Texans deserve a system in which they can register to vote and cast their ballot without fuss. Heck, dozens of states make registration possible using the Internet.
These new rules are frustrating to everyone, as all voters can make simple mistakes like the ones that kicked all those votes out of the system this time around. But those with more resources and more experience dealing with bureaucracy will tend to more easily navigate the roadblocks Republican lawmakers put in the way.
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