Texas ranks worst in national cost-of-voting study
As millions of voters pour into polling stations across the state, a new study has found that Texas has the most restrictive voting process in the country, up from No. 46 in 2016.
The findings, from researchers at Northern Illinois University, Jacksonville University and Wuhan University in China, looked at dozens of election laws to rank each state according to the time and effort it takes to vote in a presidential election. It includes both registering to vote and casting a ballot.
Texas was rated highest for both the time and cost of voting. In particular, the state does not have widespread online voter registration, limits mail-in voting, closes registration a month before Election Day and has cut the number of polling stations in some areas by more than 50 percent.
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