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September 9, 2020

Federal Court struck down signature mismatch procedure for vote by mail in Texas

The process in Texas is that each vote by mail ballot is examined by the ballot board in each county where one Democrat member and one Democratic member look at the signature on the envelope and on the ballot and compared these signatures to the signature on the voter's voter registration card. If there are any disputes, then the chair of the ballot board determines the validity of the ballot. The head of the ballot board is selected by the party who got the most votes in that county in the last governor's race. In most of the major urban counties, the Democratic Party controls the ballot board but in many rural counties, the GOP control.

The Texas Civil Rights Project sued on the signature mismatch and got a ruling today.
https://twitter.com/srl/status/1303528295762481155
In Georgia and Florida, Marc Elia sued and got Florida and Georgia to agree to notify a vote of a defect in their ballot and give them a chance to cure such defect. Texas has no such procedure but this may be ordered by this ruling

September 9, 2020

Federal Court struck down signature mismatch procedure for vote by mail

The process in Texas is that each vote by mail ballot is examined by the ballot board in each county where one Democrat member and one Democratic member look at the signature on the envelope and on the ballot and compared these signatures to the signature on the voter's voter registration card. If there are any disputes, then the chair of the ballot board determines the validity of the ballot. The head of the ballot board is selected by the party who got the most votes in that county in the last governor's race. In most of the major urban counties, the Democratic Party controls the ballot board but in many rural counties, the GOP control.

The Texas Civil Rights Project sued on the signature mismatch and got a ruling today.
https://twitter.com/srl/status/1303528295762481155
In Georgia and Florida, Marc Elia sued and got Florida and Georgia to agree to notify a vote of a defect in their ballot and give them a chance to cure such defect. Texas has no such procedure but this may be ordered by this ruling

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