Impact low for new state voter laws locally
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The new voter laws in Texas did not prove to be a problem in Wood County in the March 1 primary elections.
While some of larger counties had thousands of mail-in ballots rejected, Wood County Elections Office Administrator Laura Wise reported only five mail-in ballots were rejected in the county.
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Impact low for new state voter laws locally
The new voter laws in Texas did not prove to be a problem in Wood County in the March 1 primary elections.
While some of larger counties had thousands of mail-in ballots rejected, Wood County Elections Office Administrator Laura Wise reported only five mail-in ballots were rejected in the county.
“We had 424 ballots mailed out and we counted 351 so we had 73 ballots not come back. We only had five rejected. For this last election we had 32,102 registered to vote, and we had a total voter turn-out of 8,969,” Wise said. “Our turn-out was above the 2018 elections totals in Wood County. The rejected ballots included three for no proper identification and two wrong signatures, a total of five. I am really proud of my staff and all of the workers who worked in this election and helped us get the job done without any problems.”
