Texas leans on new voting law to reject thousands of primary ballots

Confusing ID requirements and ban on soliciting ballots are inhibiting would-be voters and voting rights advocates

Officials in Texas are rejecting thousands of mail-in ballots ahead of the first 2022 midterm primary votes next month, raising serious alarm that a new Republican law is going to disenfranchise droves of eligible voters.

The state's 1 March primary is being closely watched as the first important testof one of the dozens of voting restrictions GOP-controlled state legislatures enacted in 2021.