A new Texas election law is causing some frustration especially among people who want to vote by mail. Elections officials shared these tips for making sure your application isn't rejected.
It shows whether the application for a ballot by mail was accepted or rejected, and people can follow the prompts in the tracker to correct any mismatched identification information."If we have a problem with a ballot, we will notify the voter and we’ll give them three or four different options of how to cure it and correct it. It’s a really straight forward process. It’s just a learning curve and getting everything in motion right now," Sherbet said.
Under the new law, Texans are only eligible to vote by mail if they are 65 years or older, sick or disabled, will be out of the county on election day and during the early voting period, expected to give birth within three weeks before or after election day or confined to jail but otherwise eligible to vote.Sherbet encouraged those who know they will be unable to vote in person to submit their application in January. It will be good for all elections during the year.
Finally, part of the new law allows partisan poll watchers inside voting precincts and requires live election monitoring cameras that are accessible to the public. "I think it’s all part of a transparency effort. Senate Bill 1 that was passed in the legislature required counties over 100,000 in population to have cameras in every area where live ballots are processed from the time that we turn them over to the ballot board, when they’re being counted, when they’re being secured," Sherbet said.
In Collin County, those cameras will be live starting about two weeks before the election and will probably continue 24 hours a day until about four weeks after the election, he said.and runs through Feb. 25.
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