Concerns About Voting Restrictions, Returned Ballots As Texas Begins Primary Elections Early Voting

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

February 14, 2022

Early voting begins today in Texas. It is 2022’s first primary following a rushed rollout of tougher voting restrictions and the return of hundreds of mail ballots, dealing Republicans a clumsy debut of voting rules they tightened across the U.S. over the past year in the name of election security.

“Monday is going to be a big day for all of us to see how this plays out,” said Isabel Longoria, the elections administrator for Harris County, which includes Houston and more than 2 million voters.

“I think for all of us there is just a sense of uncertainty,” she said.

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