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Saturday, October 22, 2016

Rising voter fraud concerns in Texas prompt $5,000 tip hotline

Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos at the Tarrant County Elections Administration office Monday talking about what voters need to know when they vote this November. pmoseley@star-telegram.com

As more and more Texans turn to mail-in ballots to cast their votes in presidential elections, concerns continue to grow over how secure the process is.

The ballots — geared to make it possible for overseas residents, people in the military and senior citizens to make their vote count — are now at the heart of a growing controversy about voter fraud, even prompting an “integrity tip hotline,” because they allow people to vote from their homes without any ID or verification of identity.

State officials have been in Tarrant County investigating an issue with mail-in ballots from this year’s primary election, but some say the problem with these ballots goes deeper than that. At issue are concerns about “vote harvesting,” in which people fill out and return other people’s ballots.

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