For voters fretting about getting their mail-in ballots in on time, Harris County will have *11* drop-off locations tomorrow.— Alexa Ura (@alexazura) July 13, 2020
Typically, it's one drop-off location in each county. #txlege pic.twitter.com/lCmAA749Xu
But this actually puts drop-off points closer to my neighborhood than any covid testing site. It's not of the utmost convenience to everybody in Harris County, but it's a far sight better than trying to get a pandemic test
So that's something. Especially if this is your benchmark:
100,000 mail-in votes went uncounted in California’s primary via @AP https://t.co/3YyGQXY1m6— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) July 13, 2020
The California secretary of state’s election data obtained by the AP showed 102,428 mail-in ballots were disqualified in the state’s 58 counties, about 1.5% of the nearly 7 million mail-in ballots returned. That percentage is the highest in a primary since 2014, and the overall number is the highest in a statewide election since 2010.Texas may not do better than that statewide; but at least Harris County (most populous in the state) is trying. Since Harris County is deep blue, the GOP won't like this a bit. But they have their own problems:
Two years ago, the national average of rejected mail ballots in the general election was about 1.4% and in the 2016 presidential election year it was 1%, according to a U.S. Election Assistance Commission study.
The most common problem, by far, in California was missing the deadline for the ballot to be mailed and arrive. To count in the election, ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received within three days afterward. Statewide, 70,330 ballots missed those marks.
GOP officials say Harris County party chair-elect is reneging on commitment to step aside after sharing racist Facebook post https://t.co/qOKYMP7KSq— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) July 13, 2020
Bonus!
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