[EL] Voter ID: Provisional ballots not counted

[Rausch, Dave]

If/when the US Department of Justice clears the Texas voter ID law,
voters who fail to bring appropriate identification to the polling place
will have six days to prove their identity to the county clerk. It might
be interesting to know how many provisional ballots in each county
weren't finalized with an ID. Do other states with voter ID provide this
information at the county-level?

 

Basically, I'm interested in knowing how many voters in each county cast
a provisional ballot but failed to provide an appropriate identification
document in the six-day window. I checked with the Texas Secretary of
State and the staffer may not have understood my question. She indicated
that this data will not be provided to the Secretary's office, but that
I could contact each county and file a Open Records request if
necessary.

 

Dave Rausch

 

Dave Rausch, Ph.D.

Teel Bivins Professor of Political Science

Faculty Athletics Representative

Dept. of Political Science and Criminal Justice

West Texas A&M University

Canyon, TX 79016-0001

(806) 651-2423    Fax: (806) 651-3610

 

My webpage:

                http://www.wtamu.edu/~jrausch
<http://www.wtamu.edu/~jrausch> 

 

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