Voting rights groups went before Congress on Wednesday and lashed out at Texas’ tougher new voting laws during a Thursday congressional hearing following tens of thousands of rejected mail ballots – an unusually high number – earlier this month in the nation’s first primary of 2022.
Democrats and civil rights advocates seized on an Associated Press report that found roughly 23,000 mail ballots went uncounted during Texas’ March 2022 primary due to the state’s new voting requirements as they embarked on a narrower push for new federal voting protections. Their attempts to dramatically rewrite U.S.
Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers and party representatives largely ignored the thrown out ballots, instead turning their focus to Harris County, where state and county officials previously reported issues with 10,000 ballots misplaced but eventually counted. According to Cindy Siegel, chair of the Harris County Republican Party, voters also experienced polls opening late, issues with damaged equipment, voters being given the wrong form and untrained staff.
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