“Texas Republicans just voted to give a Republican appointee the power to single-handedly CANCEL election results in the state’s largest Democratic county.”
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Claim dated 4 May 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
The Texas Senate voted in favor of SB 1993, which says the secretary of state will call for a new election if a county runs out of ballots at 2% of voting sites, but it only applies to Harris County.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 May 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 May 2023. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
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