When Republican state legislatures across the country moved to add a raft of new voting restrictions after the 2020 election, a vein of contrarianism ran through some of the analysis. While the states were undoubtedly making it more difficult to vote in response to false claims of widespread voter fraud — and Democrats warned of damage done to democracy — some wagered that it seemed unlikely to have a large impact on election results.

Well, in very short order, the first state to hold a 2022 primary — Texas — has now shown just how big of an impact it can have.

(About 13% or 1 out of 8 mail in ballots in the Texas primary were rejected.)