this is the first election in texas since the more restrictive voting laws have taken effect. how might it impact results? reporter: well, we are already seeing a number of headaches across the state in the weeks leading up to the election in the early voting period. a lot of it is over requirements for mail-in ballots. if you look at some of the, several prominent counties in texas, in harris county, we re told about 30% of mail-in ballots have been deemed and flagged asphalt faulty. in travis county about, 12%. we are here in mckinney texas in collin county. we were just told by election officials that there s a problem with about 14% of the mail-in ballots. and these are the votes of thousands and thousands of people across the state. to give you some perspective, during the 2020 election, about 1% of mail-in ballots were
moments, they will tell you they re concerned about president biden looking weak with voters. republicans obviously seize on that all the time. this is a moment where americans are looking at what s happening overseas. they re remembering what it was like if they re old enough to live during the cold war and remember what these nuclear threats were like. and they re open and willing to looking for some strong leadership and getting behind it. that s an opportunity for joe biden to move some of the terrible poll numbers. i think the risk is that he doesn t actually live up to that. he doesn t show himself to be able to go beyond, to do what his campaign needs to do. he is better in a conversation than reading a speech. i would say that, too. and so am i. and join us for the first state of the union address. i ll be anchoring with anderson cooper. he s in ukraine. coming up, ready and raring to go. texas voters heading to the
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deemed asphalty. the league of women voters describe the voting situation in texas as a nightmare. and ed, in order to win a primary race in texas, candidates have to get a clear majority of the vote. 50% plus one vote. that s an underlying factor in another hot race today, for attorney general. reporter: right. you mentioned greg abbott off the to have. two other challengers are primarying him from the right. by and large, people think he should escape without a runoff. a lot of eyes on the attorney general race. ken paxton who has been a darling of donald trump, endorsed by him. he s facing a number of challengers including eva guzman, louie gohmert, from the tyler area, and also, george p. bur, the son of former florida
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