Texas county’s GOP officials declared hand count a success, but kept finding errors

At the canvass of the Gillespie County GOP primary, election workers said poor penmanship, data entry lapses, transposed numbers, and simple math mistakes led to discrepancies.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat March 19, 2024August 16, 2024

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Paxton’s push to oust incumbents puts spotlight on Court of Criminal Appeals primaries

The attorney general has tried to supplant eight Republican judges on the court after they rejected his efforts to unilaterally prosecute voter fraud. The judges are now pushing back.

by William Melhado, The Texas Tribune February 19, 2024March 5, 2024

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As Texas GOP lawmakers push election fraud claims, the party’s voters say elections work fine

Only 13% of Lone Star State Republicans said they have ‘not much confidence’ in elections and just 1% say they have ‘no confidence at all.’

by Sanford Nowlin July 27, 2023September 13, 2024

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Texas court confirms the attorney general can’t unilaterally prosecute election cases

Texas’ highest criminal court once again said the attorney general needs permission from local prosecutors to pursue election cases. Attorney General Ken Paxton had fought that decision.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune September 28, 2022August 17, 2023

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Debunked documentary 2000 Mules still weighs on political discourse across Texas

The film falsely claims that paid Democrat operatives known as ‘mules’ illegally deposited thousands of ballots with votes for Joe Biden into drop boxes across the country during the 2020 presidential election.

by Kiko Martinez July 15, 2022July 31, 2025

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GOP megadonor Steven Hotze charged after a bogus election fraud scheme led a former cop to threaten a repairman

The charges stem from Hotze’s hiring of more than a dozen private investigators to look for voter fraud in Harris County ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

by Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune April 21, 2022August 17, 2023

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Analysis: When 1 in 8 Texas mail ballots gets trashed, that’s vote suppression

Some 23,000 Texans who tried to vote in this month’s primaries had their mail ballots rejected, an apparent aftershock from new state laws.

by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune March 18, 2022August 17, 2023

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Voter fraud

Texas county’s GOP officials declared hand count a success, but kept finding errors

Paxton’s push to oust incumbents puts spotlight on Court of Criminal Appeals primaries

As Texas GOP lawmakers push election fraud claims, the party’s voters say elections work fine

Texas court confirms the attorney general can’t unilaterally prosecute election cases

Debunked documentary 2000 Mules still weighs on political discourse across Texas

GOP megadonor Steven Hotze charged after a bogus election fraud scheme led a former cop to threaten a repairman

Analysis: When 1 in 8 Texas mail ballots gets trashed, that’s vote suppression

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

Paxton targets GOP judges after they strike down his powers on election fraud

Texas GOP posts meme saying if people can wait in line for COVID tests, they can vote in person

Texas’ renewed voting-roll purge is flagging citizens, including some in San Antonio, as likely non-citizens

Gov. Greg Abbott, GOP leaders allocate $4 million to fund county-level election audits

Greg Abbott’s pick for Texas’ top election official signed up to help Trump fight the 2020 results

Study: new bills in the Texas Lege could cost taxpayers millions to pay for partisan election probes

Despite passing restrictive new voting bill, GOP advances more elections rules in Texas Senate

After signing bill that cut illegal-voting penalties, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott now wants them increased

Civic-engagement group Mi Familia Vota is latest to sue Texas GOP leaders over new voting law

Texas faces three lawsuits against restrictive new voting law signed Tuesday by Gov. Greg Abbott

Texas Republican Party sent out fundraising email repeating debunked voter-fraud claim

San Antonio State Rep. Diego Bernal, 2 other Dems will testify in D.C. on voter-restriction bill