realtime what it looks like when a state suppresses the right to vote. today is the deadline to submit mail in ballot applications for the march 1st primary. in person early voting began monday. in harris county, the state's largest election workers are dealing with the confusion and logistic nightmare senate bill one created for voters since the law implemented strict voter i.d. requirements and causing many ballots to be rejected. >> we have to reject 40% of the mail ballots with people saying i put my i.d. number on the application, why do it have to do it again on the ballot? i don't want to share that information. it a layering of issues in texas. these are people's votes. if we reject the application, many we reject their mail ballot, their opportunities to vote are dwindling. >> the numbers are so alarmingly high, county officials asked the justice department to open an investigation. the d.o.j. is suing texas over