WATCH LIVE: A group of civil rights groups, elected officials and community organizations are warning voters about new state restrictions that have led to a major spike in rejected mail-in ballots across the state.
In the last midterm election, before the rules were changed, less than 2% of mail-in ballots were rejected, theThe group on Sunday said in some neighborhoods, including around the Roseville Apartments, rejection rates were as high as a third.
“I tried three times to request my mail ballot application with no success,” said 64-year-old JoAnn Cardenas in the press release. “After sending two applications, I was told neither of the applications were received. I triple-checked the application, and my provider double-checked it. We called the day before the election, and I was again told my ballot was not received.
Another common mistake was that if a voter wrote their driver’s license on the mail ballot, but they they were registered to vote under their Social Security number, the ballot couldn’t be accepted. At the event on Sunday, organizers “urged senior citizens, college students, voters with disabilities and others who need a ballot by mail to get their social security number and driver’s license number, and submit their application far in advance of the October 28 deadline,” according to a press release for the event.They also urged voters to ensure that the return address for mail ballot applications is the Bexar County Elections Department, not the County Clerk.
Referring to themselves as a Juneteenth Coalition, organizers planned a community event following the press conference to commemorate Juneteenth, aGroups and people involved in the Juneteenth Coalition include the NAACP, the League of United Latin American Citizens , the Bexar County Voting Rights Coalition, the Roseville Housing Trust and Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert, state Sen. José Menéndez, D-San Antonio, state Rep.
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