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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Election officials wary of shift to Texas’ centralized voter-registration system
Some lawmakers say a bill requiring counties to switch to TEAM would make it easier to monitor voter rolls. But the system has had its problems.
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U.S. House passes bill written by Rep. Chip Roy that could disenfranchise millions of voters
The SAVE Act would require Americans to show a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Millions don’t have access to either.
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Shit Show Session: Texas faces real problems. Don’t expect the Lege to solve them.
While the Texas House and Senate are more unified than they have been in years, they’re still not likely to tackle the state’s toughest issues.
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Republican lawmakers revive effort to give attorney general more power to prosecute election crimes
Critics fear increased election prosecutions could intimidate voters and local election officials. Attorney General Ken Paxton has long sought more autonomy over election cases.
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Texas Senate majority unveils bill requiring voters to prove their citizenship
All 20 GOP senators signed on to Senate Bill 16, which would apply to currently registered voters, and restrict some to only congressional elections.
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Texas countywide voting bill would allow fewer polling sites
Senate Bill 985 would revise a 2023 law that raised the minimum number of voting locations. County election officials say they’ve struggled to comply with it.
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Trump, others dismantling legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., San Antonio MLK speaker warns
Rev. Dr. Kenneth R. Kemp will deliver Trinity University’s annual MLK Lecture this Thursday.
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Texas Republicans want voters to provide proof of citizenship. Arizona’s law holds lessons.
A Votebeat analysis shows how such requirements risk disenfranchising key voter groups, including Native Americans and college students.
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Texas withdraws request to block U.S. Justice Department from monitoring state’s elections
The federal agency agreed their monitors would remain outside polling locations and wouldn’t interfere with voting.
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Texas’ plan to seek voters’ citizenship proof could drop eligible people from rolls, group warns
Some 7% of Texans who are U.S. citizens of voting age would have trouble showing documents that prove their citizenship.
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Early voting is under way in Texas. Here’s a guide to your rights at the polls.
Our guide outlines your voting rights, where to vote, and the necessary steps for early voting.
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Gov. Greg Abbott boasted that Texas removed 6,500 noncitizens from its voter rolls. That number was likely inflated.
An investigation by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat found that U.S. citizens were incorrectly labeled as noncitizens or removed from the rolls because they did not respond to letters about their citizenship.
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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.