New Texas numbers show 12% of mail-in votes rejected

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Newly canvassed figures from the Office of the Texas Secretary of State released Wednesday reveal 12% of all mail-in ballot votes statewide were rejected. Of nearly 199,000 mail-in votes submitted, more than 24,600 of those were denied.When broken down by party, 12.87%, or 14,281 individual Democratic mail-in votes, were rejected in the March 1 Primary Elections. Of Republican mail-in votes, 11.77% were denied, accounting for 10,355 mail-in votes.In terms of total ballots,