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Originally Posted by Schwarzer Ritter
Then there is a "provisional ballot". You end up in the wrong place, they can't find where they're going, or they can't make the trip; you fill out a provisional ballot with ALL the pertinent information and they will hold it until they find if it makes a difference to the outcome.
Shouldn't have to but, if there are 100 provisional ballots and 100 absentee ballots but the margin of victory was 500 votes, the ballots will be retained but not counted.
The confusion does not favor one party over another. Its a wash. Unless you agree, democrats are stupider than republicans.
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My point is that it’s stupid, partisan and ultimately disenfranchised voters both democratic and republican. It also costs more money to boot. As that’s taxpayer money I would prefer that they do things as efficiently as possible.
https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/...ting-precinct/
Democrats are also worried that voters who show up at the wrong polling location on Election Day may be turned away without casting a ballot.
Although a voter can ask to cast a provisional ballot if their name is not on the precinct’s voter list, if it’s found to have been cast at the wrong voting location, it won’t ultimately be tallied.
Using assigned precincts requires, in some cases, twice as many polling locations as countywide voting. Each polling place has to be staffed with workers and furnished with materials and equipment. Texas law requires each polling location to have a minimum of three election workers, who must be paid at least $12 per hour.
Party and county officials say it’s difficult to find enough election workers and enough polling locations that comply with security and accessibility requirements.
Although some public buildings are free to use, they’re not always available, which requires leasing of spaces, at an additional cost.
The countywide polling place program eased some of those costs by allowing officials to use fewer, and more centralized locations, while offering voters flexibility on where to cast ballots