5 days ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Texas Wins on Mail Ballots and State IDs
Is mass mail voting here to stay? It certainly looks that way: Last year 30.3% of voters cast ballots by mail, down from 43% in 2020, but higher than before Covid. That's according to a recent report by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which also says 580,000 mail ballots, or 1.2%, were rejected, half for signature problems.
That's an argument for voting in person, as well as for states to button up their absentee rules. Yes, Democrats will shout 'voter suppression,' but then they'll likely lose in court. Last week a panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2021 Texas law that generally requires mail voters to verify identity via a state ID number or the last four digits of a Social Security number (SSN4).
