Local election officials say the new identification requirements as a result of the Republican-backed law tripped up many eligible voters in the March 1 primary.
. In Williamson County — a historically Republican suburban county north of Austin that's been turning blue in the past few years — officials there rejected 11.5% of returned mail ballots.
"So many of those folks didn't have a chance, either because there wasn't enough time or because they had given up," he said."We encountered some folks who had given up and said, 'Forget it, I have too many other things going on in my life.'" Davis says he understands the reason behind the ballot's design is the need to shield personally identifiable information.
Mirza says the high ballot rejection rates should raise questions about whether Texas' primary even counts as a democratic election. Chimene says her group is going to come up with some advice for state and local elections officials on how to better communicate new ID rules to voters.
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