Texas GOP voters are getting tripped up by their own party's new voting restrictions

[beefheart]

This is just too funny,

Texas GOP voters are getting tripped up by their own party's new voting restrictions

New Texas voting laws are causing a lot of problems for Republican voters, according to a Newsy report ahead of the primary run-off elections Tuesday. As the report notes, several new rules passed by Texas Republicans in the wake of the 2020 elections put more stringent requirements on mail-in...

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New Texas voting laws are causing a lot of problems for Republican voters, according to a Newsy report ahead of the primary run-off elections Tuesday.
As the report notes, several new rules passed by Texas Republicans in the wake of the 2020 elections put more stringent requirements on mail-in ballots.

One rule passed by Republican lawmakers mandates that voters must put either their drivers license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number on the envelope containing their ballot.

This has led to a higher number of rejected ballots: Ballot rejections in 2020 ran about 0.8 percent, but in 2022 they're at 12 percent. The number might seem low, but that's equal to at least 7,000 people in one Texas county. Republicans had a higher rate of error than Democrats, meaning there are thousands more Republicans in the state whose ballots aren't being counted in the primary election.

 

[Demon]

It would be a shame if that happened in the general, too.

 

[Nomad4Ever]

but in 2022 they're at 12 percent. The number might seem low

12%? No...that doesn't seem low at all. Holy ****.

 

[Excast]

Imagine Democrats finally winning Texas, because Republicans sabotaged themselves.

 

[beefheart]

Texas.......'nuff said.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

This is just too funny,

Texas GOP voters are getting tripped up by their own party's new voting restrictions

New Texas voting laws are causing a lot of problems for Republican voters, according to a Newsy report ahead of the primary run-off elections Tuesday. As the report notes, several new rules passed by Texas Republicans in the wake of the 2020 elections put more stringent requirements on mail-in...

www.rawstory.com

New Texas voting laws are causing a lot of problems for Republican voters, according to a Newsy report ahead of the primary run-off elections Tuesday.
As the report notes, several new rules passed by Texas Republicans in the wake of the 2020 elections put more stringent requirements on mail-in ballots.

One rule passed by Republican lawmakers mandates that voters must put either their drivers license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number on the envelope containing their ballot.

This has led to a higher number of rejected ballots: Ballot rejections in 2020 ran about 0.8 percent, but in 2022 they're at 12 percent. The number might seem low, but that's equal to at least 7,000 people in one Texas county. Republicans had a higher rate of error than Democrats, meaning there are thousands more Republicans in the state whose ballots aren't being counted in the primary election.

Add that in with the fact that republicans pass away of covid at 3 times the rate of democrats and they're seriously hampering their own voting efforts.

 

[Demon]

Add that in with the fact that republicans pass away of covid at 3 times the rate of democrats and they're seriously hampering their own voting efforts.

At the rate they're going, they may only be able to win by stealing the election.

 

[ataraxia]

Haha- couldn’t happen to nicer or smarter people.

Just wait til the abortion restrictions really start hitting them.

But hey, they still think they “owned the libs”, poor things. Maybe they can go shoot some AR15 rounds in the air to help themselves feel better.

 

[Lloyd Christmas]

Haha- couldn’t happen to nicer or smarter people.

Just wait til the abortion restrictions really start hitting them.

But hey, they still think they “owned the libs”, poor things. Maybe they can go shoot some AR15 rounds in the air to help themselves feel better.

Yeah, they don't give a shit about negative consequences of anything unless it directly affects them personally. And even when it does, they still just blame democrats

 

[Gateman_Wen]

At the rate they're going, they may only be able to win by stealing the election.

I believe that is their whole plan.

 

[Cardinal]

It's a numbers game. Voter suppression isn't carried out with the idea that it will only affect the other side's voters, but that the other side's voters will be disproportionately affected.

If your voter suppression affects even just, say, 30% more of the other side's voters, then you win.

 

[ataraxia]

Yeah, they don't give a shit about negative consequences of anything unless it directly affects them personally. And even when it does, they still just blame democrats

Not sure there is any level of pain they would not be willing to inflict on themselves to “own the libs”. They would cut off their own nose to spite their face.