Analysis: What to know about the Texas primary under the state’s new voting law
Before this law, Texas had already made it quite difficult to vote by mail. You have to be 65 or older, or prove you won’t be home on Election Day or for early voting, or that you have a disability that prevents you from voting in person. The new law does allow people to vote by mail if they are toward the end of a pregnancy.The new law sets up very specific ID requirements to apply to vote by mail.
Voters have to fix their mail ballot applications by Friday to receive one in time to vote in the primary. Election officials aren’t required to contact a voter by phone or email to let them know their ballot has been rejected. If you qualify and successfully apply to vote by mail, you can’t drop off your ballot in a drop box; the law bans them — despite boxes being used in red and blue states that have offered voting by mail for years without problems.
The law also codifies that these poll watchers can follow the ballots from place to place, including on public roads.The law does require these watchers to undergo training before they head to the polls, which county election officials say is a good thing.
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