KILLEEN, Texas — Monday is the last day to register to vote in March's Texas Primary Elections.
Some Texans fear their voices will not be heard because of the state's new SB 1 voting bill.
"I've been voting for many years, and I have never missed a vote, said WWII veteran and Houston voter Kenneth Thompson.
“The new SB 1 protocols require that the vote by mail application include either a person’s driver license ID number, or the last four digits of their social,” said Bell County Public Information Officer James Stafford. “And it needs to match their voter registration."
With this new process, Bell County election officials had to reject around 200 applications but said they are contacting people to let them know how to fix it.
If you are registering to vote, the county says the best thing to do is to include both of those state ID numbers on your application.
“So as I register to vote I can include both my driver’s license number and the last four of my social, that way if something happens and I decide to vote by mail before that February 18th deadline, it is not a matter of trying to remember which number I used,” said Stafford. “That is one way vote by mail applications are being rejected
That state ID number is why Thompson’s ballot was rejected. He is hoping his new mail-in ballot will arrive in the mail soon.
"I can get out and around to go to a regular polling place, but there are lots of people who can't," said Thompson.
The last day to apply to vote by mail is Friday, Feb. 18.