Nacogdoches County Responded to MOVE Act Violation

AUSTIN — Nacogdoches County is responding after Texas violated the federal MOVE Act to provide absentee ballots to the military and citizens living abroad. Keith Ingram of the Texas Secretary of State’s Office testified to a joint House and Senate committee. He said for the November general election, the 45-day deadline passed September 22, and several counties, including Nacogdoches, didn’t make it. Statewide, according to Ingram, 66 overseas ballots were involved. He said 62 of those were mailed or e-mailed October 8, and the other four went out the next Friday. Ingram says the reasons revolve around the ballots not being ready and he expects the counties will hear from the federal Department of Justice.

According to KETK, Nacogdoches County says its delay in the mailing of the ballots was due to an attempt to verify the mailing and email addresses of the receivers, and that the number of ballots that were delayed numbered no more than 2.