The line wraps around the sidewalk at the Cinco Ranch Branch Library on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Ft Bend County.

Texas News

Early voting for the Texas 2026 primaries begins Tuesday. Here’s what to know.

Early voting in person runs from Feb. 17-27. This guide explains your rights at Texas polls.

by María Méndez, Texas Tribune February 15, 2026February 15, 2026

Early voting in person runs from Feb. 17-27. This guide explains your rights at Texas polls.

Brianna Lennon, who runs elections in Boone County, Missouri, pushed back against the use of a new error-prone federal tool to identify potential noncitizens on her voter rolls.

Texas News

A federal tool to check voter citizenship keeps making mistakes. It led to confusion in Texas.

DHS rolled out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

by Jen Fifield, ProPublica, and Zach Despart, ProPublica and the Texas TribueFebruary 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton speaking at a Turning Point USA event at Cook's Garage in Lubbock on Oct 7, 2025.

Texas News

AG Ken Paxton can’t shut down Texas Latino voting group, judge rules

Paxton had accused Jolt Initiative of an ‘unlawful voter registration scheme,’ but a federal judge found the AG failed to offer ‘any plausible proof’ of wrongdoing.

by Eleanor Klibanoff and Alex Nguyen, The Texas TribuneJanuary 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Texas turned over sensitive data on 18.4 million voters to the Trump White House.

Texas News

DNC warns Texas could face lawsuit for turning over voter rolls to Trump administration

Last week, Texas officials confirmed they’d turned over state voters’ birth dates, driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers to the White House.

by Sanford Nowlin January 13, 2026January 13, 2026

Flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country in July.

San Antonio News

Turmoil in ’25: 10 stories that dominated San Antonio’s news cycle this year

Floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, voters approved a a publicly financed NBA stadium and ICE raids rocked the community.

by Michael Karlis December 29, 2025December 29, 2025

Texas Department of Public Safety vehicles outside of the state Capitol on Aug. 11, 2021. The agency has been requiring proof of citizenship since 2008 from anyone obtaining a drivers license or identification, or registering to vote there.

Texas News

Hundreds of Texas voters flagged as potential noncitizens may have already proven their citizenship

The Secretary of State’s Office didn’t initially check with the Department of Public Safety, which collects proof of citizenship from people who register to vote through them.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat December 2, 2025December 2, 2025

Texas News

AG Ken Paxton sues Texas Latino civic group, alleging ‘unlawful voter registration scheme’

The nonprofit Jolt, which was targeted by Paxton in 2024, said it is again asking the court to dismiss the ‘meritless’ lawsuit.

by Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune November 11, 2025November 11, 2025

A voter leaves the Bexar County Elections Department office.

Texas News

Texas counties look into ‘potential noncitizens’ on voter rolls. Here’s what they’re finding.

At least six people listed as potential noncitizens confirmed that they are, in fact, U.S. citizens, including one in Bexar County.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat October 31, 2025October 31, 2025

Politics & Elections

Texas election officials ask state to halt rollout of updated TEAM voter registration system

With early voting just days away, counties say they’re running out of time to get their complaints addressed.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat October 18, 2025October 18, 2025

San Antonio News

Bexar County sitting on 34,000 unprocessed voter registrations

At a Tuesday meeting, commissioners voted to replace the county’s old, outdated system to tackle the backlog.

by Stephanie Koithan September 4, 2025September 4, 2025

News

Bill giving attorney general authority to prosecute election crimes heads to Abbott’s desk

The measure comes four years after the state’s highest criminal court ruled the agency could not bring election cases without an invitation from local prosecutors.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune August 26, 2025August 28, 2025

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a public event last year.

News

Texas hit with first lawsuit challenging its mid-decade redistricting to benefit Trump

The suit argues state Republicans deliberately redrew the maps to take power away from Black and Latino Texans.

by Sanford Nowlin August 25, 2025August 29, 2025

Voters fill out their ballots at a polling place.

News

Justice Department presses Texas for list of registered voters and the officials who check it

For now, the state is holding off on fulfilling the request while it switches to a new voter registration management system.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat August 14, 2025August 16, 2025

News

Can anything halt the gerrymandering arms race?

Texas Dem quorum-breakers are seeking to protect voter rights nationwide, but they’re likely engaged in little more than a perfunctory game of chicken.

by Justin Miller, The Texas Observer August 6, 2025August 9, 2025

News

San Antonio would lose U.S. House seat under Republican redistricting plan, leaked map shows

The proposed map appears to target Democrats Greg Casar and Henry Cuellar, both of whose districts include parts of San Antonio.

by Sanford Nowlin July 30, 2025August 8, 2025

News

As Texas embraces federal immigration database to verify voter citizenship, some experts are worried

Texas officials praise the revamped immigration database, but some critics are raising concerns about data privacy and accuracy.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat July 22, 2025July 25, 2025

News

Former Democratic state House candidate among nine indicted for alleged vote harvesting in South Texas

The charges are the latest escalation in a probe that resulted in Texas authorities indicting six other Frio County area officials in May.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune July 4, 2025July 18, 2025

News

Texas Legislature deadlocks on giving attorney general more authority to crack down on election crimes

Ken Paxton sought more power for his office to take up election cases But lawmakers haven’t agreed on a measure that would give it to him.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat June 2, 2025July 15, 2025

News

Federal trial opens to determine whether Texas discriminated in redrawn redistricting maps

The trial in El Paso will hear a challenge over the redistricting maps drawn by the Legislature that are based on the 2020 census.

by Sameea Kamal, The Texas Tribune May 21, 2025June 11, 2025

News

Assclown Alert: Suppressing the vote with U.S. Rep. Chip Roy

The Austin-San Antonio congressman’s SAVE Act would disenfranchise millions of U.S. voters, data shows.

by Sanford Nowlin April 21, 2025July 3, 2025

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Voting rights

Early voting for the Texas 2026 primaries begins Tuesday. Here’s what to know.

A federal tool to check voter citizenship keeps making mistakes. It led to confusion in Texas.

AG Ken Paxton can’t shut down Texas Latino voting group, judge rules

DNC warns Texas could face lawsuit for turning over voter rolls to Trump administration

Turmoil in ’25: 10 stories that dominated San Antonio’s news cycle this year

Hundreds of Texas voters flagged as potential noncitizens may have already proven their citizenship

AG Ken Paxton sues Texas Latino civic group, alleging ‘unlawful voter registration scheme’

Texas counties look into ‘potential noncitizens’ on voter rolls. Here’s what they’re finding.

Texas election officials ask state to halt rollout of updated TEAM voter registration system

Bexar County sitting on 34,000 unprocessed voter registrations

Bill giving attorney general authority to prosecute election crimes heads to Abbott’s desk

Texas hit with first lawsuit challenging its mid-decade redistricting to benefit Trump

Justice Department presses Texas for list of registered voters and the officials who check it

Can anything halt the gerrymandering arms race?

San Antonio would lose U.S. House seat under Republican redistricting plan, leaked map shows

As Texas embraces federal immigration database to verify voter citizenship, some experts are worried

Former Democratic state House candidate among nine indicted for alleged vote harvesting in South Texas

Texas Legislature deadlocks on giving attorney general more authority to crack down on election crimes

Federal trial opens to determine whether Texas discriminated in redrawn redistricting maps

Assclown Alert: Suppressing the vote with U.S. Rep. Chip Roy