With bipartisan support, Texas lawmakers passed two bills aiming to lower the high rejection rates of mail-in ballots seen in 2021.
Senate Bill 1599, authored by State Sen. Bryan Hughes and sponsored by State Rep. John Bucy, and House Bill 357, authored by Bucy and sponsored by Hughes, go into effect Sept. 1. Bucy said in an email that the goal of the legislation was to “make voting by mail more accessible and secure while upholding the public’s confidence in the electoral system.”
S.B. 1599 ensures voters have enough time to address issues by requiring election officials to inform voters when there are errors in their mail-in ballot applications or mail-in ballots and allows for errors to be fixed through the online Ballot By Mail Tracker.
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