Texas: provisional ballots are an "increasing problem"
The Beaumont Enterprise reports: Provisional ballots are designed to be the last resort to insure that a vote that should count actually does.
But in the recent Jefferson County election, Port Arthur resident Virginia Dudley's provisional ballot was rejected even though it probably should have counted.
In the May 12 election, the county received 55 provisional ballots and all but eight were rejected. ...
While provisional ballots are designed to be foolproof, studies show that they are an increasing problem.
Nationwide one out of three or 650,000 of the 2 million provisional ballots cast in 2004 were uncounted or discarded, according to a report produced by Demos, a New York-based non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization. -- The Beaumont Enterprise - Studies show provisional ballots an increasing problem
Thanks to Scott Novakowski of Demos for the link.