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LetMyPeopleVote

(145,374 posts)
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 02:10 PM Feb 2022

Texas woman recounts her mail ballot hassle: 3 forms, 28 days, lots of guesswork

This lady is a past president of the League of Women's voters and was on the board that checks signatures on vote by mail ballots. It took Pam over a month to get her vote by mail ballot




But Gaskin’s pledge was put to the test this year after a new state voting law implemented extra ID requirements for mail-in ballot requests. Republicans championed the changes last year in the name of election security, but the stipulations have also created mass confusion and a record number of rejected applications ahead of the March primaries.

Gaskin and her husband, Michael, were denied ballots twice this month over procedural mishaps — and if she were any less determined to vote, it may have stayed that way.

“I’ve been a voting rights activist all my life, and I'm 74 years old,” said Gaskin, now a Missouri City resident. “And I have not seen anything like this. I really haven't.”,,,,,

“I keep up with changes in the laws that affect voters and often speak to church groups and other community organizations,” she wrote. “I have NEVER experienced anything like these misguided and Jim Crow-like rules concerning voting. This is almost as bad as asking people how many jelly beans are in the jar.”

Gaskin, who has been a member of the Texas League of Women Voters for about 25 years, worries that others won’t be as persistent as she has been.
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Texas woman recounts her mail ballot hassle: 3 forms, 28 days, lots of guesswork (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 OP
Texas Democratic Party NEEDS to be ProACTIVE in getting the message out MagickMuffin Feb 2022 #1
The party is being very reactive LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #2
Here is an example of steps being taken LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #3
Pam will be on the Last Word tonight LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #4
Here is Pam on CNN LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #5
'This is Jim Crow 2.0': Pam Gaskin, a Texas voter whose mail ballot application was rejected twice LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #6
Colin mentions Pam LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #7

MagickMuffin

(15,944 posts)
1. Texas Democratic Party NEEDS to be ProACTIVE in getting the message out
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 02:14 PM
Feb 2022


That is the only way to defeat these monsters. And hopefully it will backfire on their voters.


LetMyPeopleVote

(145,374 posts)
2. The party is being very reactive
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 02:23 PM
Feb 2022

Pam called the Houston paper to get the story started and the party has been sending this out and posting this on twitter. If you looke the Harris County Party posted this story on twitter.

The party has a hotline to help voters get mail ballots and we are now recruiting poll watchers and voter protection teams

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