New guidelines cause unprecedented surge in rejected mail-in ballots for Brazoria, Galveston, Harris county

Mail-in ballot rejections have greatly increased across the state since Senate Bill 1 went into effect Dec. 2, 2021, jumping from 0.08% mail-in ballots rejected in the 2020 presidential election to 12.4%, or 24,636 ballots, in the March 1, 2022, primary elections, according to Texas secretary of state data.