“Federal judges in Georgia and Texas have struck down key provisions of voting laws passed two years ago as Republicans sought to bolster election integrity after allegations of fraud and other irregularities during the hotly contested 2020 presidential election fueled calls for elections to be made more secure.
In Texas, U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez nixed a provision in state law that required officials to reject mail-in ballots with ID numbers that don’t match the ones on voter registration forms…
Another provision in Texas law that Judge Rodriguez struck down was a requirement that a mail-in ballot can only be accepted if the ID number on the carrier envelope or signature sheet matches the number on the voter registration application…
In Georgia, U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee delivered a mixed judgment… he blocked provisions of Georgia’s Senate Bill 202 that required election officials to reject absentee ballots if the birth date on the outer envelope didn’t match the birth date listed on the voter’s registration form.”