Judge strikes down strict voter assistance rules in Texas’ 2021 rewrite of election laws

Texas Republicans passed the legislation known as Senate Bill 1 after former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and spread lies about it.

by Sanford Nowlin October 12, 2024December 19, 2024

Texas Republicans passed the legislation known as Senate Bill 1 after former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and spread lies about it.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott holds teacher pay hostage in voucher fight

The Republican governor said he won’t pass raises for teachers unless the House approves a voucher bill nearly identical to one lawmakers rejected over the summer.

by Michael Karlis October 13, 2023April 27, 2025

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San Antonio judge hearing challenge to Texas voting law passed in 2021

Groups including the League of Women Voters of Texas and Southwest Voter Education Project argue the law makes it harder for people of color to cast ballots.

by Sanford Nowlin September 11, 2023February 13, 2024

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Texas avoided election violence. Advocates say voters still need more protection.

Citing thousands of complaints received throughout the midterm cycle, voter advocacy groups want the Texas Legislature to bolster voter protection and education measures, and revisit recently passed laws that empowered partisan poll watchers.

by Robert Downen, The Texas Tribune November 11, 2022November 2, 2024

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These Texans were trying to help run elections. Then Ken Paxton’s office launched criminal investigations.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hasn’t just been pursuing supposed voter fraud. His office has also criminally investigated at least 10 election workers, in a harbinger of potential post-midterm turmoil.

by Cassandra Jaramillo and Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica November 5, 2022November 2, 2024

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College voters held back by Texas election law, lack of on-campus polling sites

Many Texas universities don’t have early-voting locations on campus. And state laws regarding voter ID and registration make it hard to turn out younger voters, advocates say.

by Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune October 28, 2022September 13, 2024

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New study ranks Texas 46th in the nation for voting access, a decline from the prior year

The Lone Star State’s drop was largely due to the passage of a Republican-championed bill that further restricted poll access.

by Sanford Nowlin October 27, 2022November 21, 2023

A voter leaves the Bexar County Elections Department office.

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Voters of color had mail-in ballots rejected at higher rates than white voters in Texas’ March primary

Asian voters were most disproportionately affected by the new ID requirements included in voting restrictions passed by the 2021 Legislature, a Brennan Center for Justice analysis found.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat and The Texas Tribune October 20, 2022August 17, 2023

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False allegations of voter fraud in 2020 led to increased threats against Texas election workers

A Texas elections administrator from Tarrant County told a U.S. House committee there was a social media call for his violent death, and election workers nationwide have reported more than 1,000 “hostile contacts” over the past year.

by Eric Neugenboren, The Texas Tribune August 16, 2022March 19, 2024

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San Antonio’s Juneteenth Coalition warns new state voting law leading to rise in mail-in-ballot rejections

During the March primary, more than 12% of the state’s mail-in ballots were thrown out due to new restrictions imposed by the bill.

by Sanford Nowlin June 20, 2022August 17, 2023

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Judge strikes down strict voter assistance rules in Texas’ 2021 rewrite of election laws

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott holds teacher pay hostage in voucher fight

San Antonio judge hearing challenge to Texas voting law passed in 2021

Texas avoided election violence. Advocates say voters still need more protection.

These Texans were trying to help run elections. Then Ken Paxton’s office launched criminal investigations.

College voters held back by Texas election law, lack of on-campus polling sites

New study ranks Texas 46th in the nation for voting access, a decline from the prior year

False allegations of voter fraud in 2020 led to increased threats against Texas election workers

San Antonio’s Juneteenth Coalition warns new state voting law leading to rise in mail-in-ballot rejections

Mail-in ballots down by 40% in first election since Texas passed its restrictive new voting law

Pushing falsehoods about Biden’s election is a plus for Republicans vying to be Texas’ top lawyer

Advocates struggle to overcome new voting barriers in Texas

Partisan tactic by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s campaign delays thousands of requests for mail-in ballots from Texas voters

Texans with disabilities fear new restrictions on voting help could mean criminal charges at the polls

Texas ban on encouraging mail-in votes likely unconstitutional, judge rules

San Antonio-based MOVE Texas wants to register 50,000 young Texas voters before midterms

U.S. Justice Department sues Texas over new voting law

Texas Senate outlasts 15-hour filibuster by Sen. Carol Alvarado to pass GOP voting-restrictions bill

GOP voting bills advance in Texas House and Senate after overnight committee hearings