Revealed: Texas threw out abnormally high number of votes in March primary

Analysis finds nearly 23,000 mail-in ballots were discarded as part of tough new Republican effort to reshape American elections

Texas threw out mail votes at an abnormally high rate during the US's first primary election of 2022, rejecting nearly 23,000 ballots outright under tougher voting rules that are part of a broad campaign by Republicans to reshape American elections, according to an analysis by the Associated Press.

Roughly 13% of mail ballots returned in the 1 March primary were discarded and uncounted across 187 counties in Texas. While historical primary comparisons are lacking, the double-digit rejection rate would be far beyond what is typical in a general election, when experts say anything above 2% is usually cause for attention.