“Our message today is simple: please exhaust every legal option available to ensure that each eligible voter in Harris County and the State of Texas has their vote counted,” the letter says. | via HoustonPubMedia
County Judge Lina Hidalgo is asking the Department of Justice to intervene after thousands of mail-in ballots and applications were rejected because of Texas' new voting law.
The letter — signed by Harris County judge Lina Hidalgo, County Attorney Christian Menefee and Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria — asks the DOJ to step in and investigate. Just 4,227 applications were flagged for rejection during the same period in March 2018, the last midterm election, the letter says — 6.6% of all applications received.
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