Authorities in Bexar County, Texas, confirmed this week that more than 1,900 mail ballots were rejected during the March 1 primary, coming after the state legislature passed a bill last year strengthening statewide elections. Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacquelyn Callanen said that about 4,180 mail ballots had been counted, and she noted that 1,929 were rejected for not meeting the requirements under the new voting law. “We’ve never seen it in those numbers,” Callanen told KSAT of the figure. The law, SB 1, now requires voters to write the ID number associated with their registration on the envelope of a mail ballot—either a state identification number or the last four digits of their Social Security number. “We’re going to just do public service announcements, everything we possibly can to not have this happen again,” Callanen said, saying that she believes some people were confused by the new provision to provide an ID …
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