Texas Scorecard by Erin Anderson January 31, 2022
“Texas is doing a fairly good job, but there are still things that can be improved.”Texans are used to being No. 1, but a new scorecard of state election integrity laws ranks Texas sixth in the nation based on its practices for ensuring elections are fair, honest, and secure.
The Election Integrity Scorecard created by the conservative Heritage Foundation compares states’ election laws and regulations to best practices, giving states a picture of where and how they can improve.
Hans von Spakovsky, manager of Heritage’s Election Law Reform Initiative, explained the scorecard during an election protection panel at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s annual conference in Austin.
“A perfect score would be 100. No state got 100,” von Spakovsky said.
He clarified it’s not an analysis of the 2020 election. “This is the status of the laws in every state that we think are important for honest elections as of a month ago.”
“This is not set in stone,” he added. “As states change their laws, we will change the scores.”
States are graded based on voting laws and procedures in 12 categories:
• Voter roll accuracy;
• Mail ballot management;
• Voter ID implementation;
• Vote harvesting limits;
• Citizenship verification;
• Election observer access;
• Voter assistance safeguards;
• Vote-counting security;
• Election litigation;
• Advance voter registration;
• Automatic registration; and
• Private funding of elections.
Texas scored 76 out of 100 points—despite fighting for months last year to pass sweeping election reform legislation intended to make elections more accurate and secure.
States ranked ahead of Texas include Georgia (with a high score of 83), Alabama (82), Tennessee (79), and Arkansas and Florida (tied at 78).
More:
https://texasscorecard.com/state/texas-ranks-6th-on-state-election-integrity-scorecard/
