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.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat March 10, 2025March 13, 2025

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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.

by Sanford Nowlin January 23, 2025July 31, 2025

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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.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat and The Texas Tribune December 19, 2024April 25, 2025

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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.

by Terri Langford, Joshua Fechter and Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune November 5, 2024July 1, 2025

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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.

by Sanford Nowlin October 21, 2024December 19, 2024

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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.

by María Méndez, The Texas Tribune October 21, 2024October 24, 2024

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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.

by Lexi Churchill and Vianna Davila, the Texas Tribune and ProPublica, James James Barragán, The Texas Tribune, and Natalia Contreras, Votebeat October 15, 2024July 4, 2025

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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.

by Sanford Nowlin October 12, 2024December 19, 2024

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Ruling that found part of Texas vote harvesting law unconstitutional temporarily blocked

A federal judge’s decision on Sept. 28 had immediately halted the state’s ability to investigate alleged cases of vote harvesting.

by Xiomara Moore and Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune October 5, 2024July 4, 2025

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Here’s how to register to vote in Texas before the Oct. 7 deadline

Our guide can help you determine how to register, who is eligible to vote, whether you’re still registered and more in advance of Election Day.

by María Méndez, The Texas Tribune October 5, 2024October 13, 2024

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Texas can no longer investigate alleged cases of vote harvesting, federal judge says

The provision was included in a sweeping Texas voting bill that was signed into law in 2021.

by Xiomara Moore, The Texas Tribune September 30, 2024July 4, 2025

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O’Rourke and Emhoff raise another million for Harris campaign, tout voter registration momentum

After lunching on Whataburgers with Beto O’Rourke, Doug Emhoff criticized GOP voting laws and urged Texans not to ‘let anyone prevent you from registering and from voting.’

by Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune September 25, 2024October 1, 2024

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Travis County sues Texas AG Ken Paxton over voter-registration crackdown

The suit alleges Paxton, a Trump ally, is violating the federal Voting Rights Act.

by Sanford Nowlin September 19, 2024October 15, 2024

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Bad Takes: Texas GOP’s overzealous ‘election security’ moves are suppressing votes

The actions of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and others are undermining trust in elections.

by Kevin Sanchez September 18, 2024April 10, 2025

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Even if courts block Ken Paxton’s ‘election integrity’ moves, the damage is already done

Voting-rights experts warn that the Republican AG’s actions are intimidating Texas voters and activists.

by Sanford Nowlin September 17, 2024October 29, 2024

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Texas civic group wants judge to block Ken Paxton’s investigation into voter registration efforts

Jolt, which advocates for more Latino voting participation, says the attorney general’s probe has spurred threatening comments online.

by James Barragán, The Texas Tribune September 14, 2024October 12, 2024

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GOP bid to remove polling sites from Tarrant County college campuses fails

County Judge Tim O’Hare said he proposed the cuts to save costs. Critics accused Republican leaders of suppressing the vote of young people who back Democrats.

by Juan Salinas II, The Texas Tribune September 13, 2024October 17, 2024

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Assclown Alert: Twisting the truth on election integrity with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Abbott’s framing of a recent cleanup of Texas’ voter rolls couldn’t be more dishonest.

by Sanford Nowlin September 4, 2024March 15, 2025

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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Bexar County over plan to mail voter-registration cards

Commissioners Court approved the plan to expand voter outreach even though the Republican AG threatened legal action.

by Sanford Nowlin September 4, 2024September 21, 2024

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Group of Texas Democrats asks DOJ to investigate Texas over possible voter rights violations

The request by the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus in a letter to the Department of Justice follows a similar request by a Latino civil rights organization.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune August 31, 2024July 4, 2025

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Texas countywide voting bill would allow fewer polling sites

Trump, others dismantling legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., San Antonio MLK speaker warns

Texas Republicans want voters to provide proof of citizenship. Arizona’s law holds lessons.

Texas withdraws request to block U.S. Justice Department from monitoring state’s elections

Texas’ plan to seek voters’ citizenship proof could drop eligible people from rolls, group warns

Early voting is under way in Texas. Here’s a guide to your rights at the polls.

Gov. Greg Abbott boasted that Texas removed 6,500 noncitizens from its voter rolls. That number was likely inflated.

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

Ruling that found part of Texas vote harvesting law unconstitutional temporarily blocked

Here’s how to register to vote in Texas before the Oct. 7 deadline

Texas can no longer investigate alleged cases of vote harvesting, federal judge says

O’Rourke and Emhoff raise another million for Harris campaign, tout voter registration momentum

Travis County sues Texas AG Ken Paxton over voter-registration crackdown

Bad Takes: Texas GOP’s overzealous ‘election security’ moves are suppressing votes

Even if courts block Ken Paxton’s ‘election integrity’ moves, the damage is already done

Texas civic group wants judge to block Ken Paxton’s investigation into voter registration efforts

GOP bid to remove polling sites from Tarrant County college campuses fails

Assclown Alert: Twisting the truth on election integrity with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Bexar County over plan to mail voter-registration cards

Group of Texas Democrats asks DOJ to investigate Texas over possible voter rights violations