A top Texas official who championed a bill making it crime for public officials to send out unsolicited vote by mail applications is doing just that ahead of the March primary election.
An unsolicited letter that bears Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's official seal and includes an application to vote by mail was recently received by an Edgecliff Village resident. Senate Bill 1, an omnibus election law passed last year, prohibits election officials from sending applications to voters who didn't request one, but allows candidates and political parties to send the forms.
Supporters of the bill have said it was needed to bolster election integrity, though opponents say the law creates barriers to the polls. There's been no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 general election.
