AUSTIN, Texas— More than 27, 000 mail ballots in Texas were flagged for rejection in the first test

mail-in ballot for elections. State elections board officials said 115, 991 mail-in ballots, nearly 16%

“ As we get closer to the deadline to return mail ballots, we just want to make sure that everyone

Every registered California voter will get a ballot mailed to them in future elections under a bill

Remaining voters were split about evenly between casting their ballots at a polling place on

“ Mail ballots are a safe and secure method of voting used by millions of Americans, including

law by counting mail ballotsthat arrive afterElection Day, but stopped short of blocking the policy

In Texas, the bill prompted Democratic lawmakers to flee to the nation’s capital to prevent a legislative quorum, a protest that ended when a handful of lawmakers returned after more than a month away from home. The Texas bill, expected to be signed soon by Republican Gov.... Greg Abbott, follows similar legislation this year in Arizona, Florida, Georgia Iowa and some other GOP-controlled states.... Those options were used successfully last year, especially in Houston, which is heavily Democra

Many of its provisions, such as expanded powers for partisan poll watchers, don't take effect until the election.... But some who received the warning letters were citizens. Monty Tew, a 52-year-old who was born in Texas, said he couldn't understand why he got the letter asking him to prove his citizenship.... He said he paid$ 30 to request a copy of his birth certificate, which he then sent the county a picture of as proof of citizenship and was soon notified the issue was resolved....

of mail-in ballots in the upcoming federal election will be counted after election day, delaying the