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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Illegal voting in Texas likely to be a felony again after state House vote

The Texas Senate has passed similar legislation. But a key policy separates the two chambers.

by Bryan Lopez and Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune, and Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat and The Texas Tribune April 27, 2023September 14, 2024

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Cannabis Reform, Voting Rights: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Our cover story delved into a raft of new bills filed by Texas Republicans that critics say are meant to suppress the vote.

by San Antonio Current Staff February 24, 2023September 18, 2023

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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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Here’s what to do if you encounter harassment at the polls in Texas on voting day

Voting rights groups said incidents of harassment are incredibly rare. Just they same, they operate voter-protection hotlines in multiple languages.

by Sanford Nowlin November 8, 2022August 17, 2023

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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

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Early voting has started in Texas. Here are your rights at the polls.

Early voting runs from Monday, Oct. 24, to Friday, Nov. 4. The last day to apply to vote by mail is Friday, Oct. 28. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8.

by María Méndez, The Texas Tribune October 24, 2022October 22, 2024

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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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Judge orders Bexar County to add dozens more voting locations around San Antonio for midterms

The county must operate 388 voting centers to comply with state law, Visiting Judge Martha Tanner ruled.

by Sanford Nowlin October 11, 2022August 17, 2023

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How the debunked conspiracy film 2000 Mules became Texas Republican orthodoxy

Watchdog groups fear the film will fuel chaos in the upcoming midterm elections and could be a pretext for more restrictive voting laws in the future.

by Robert Downen, The Texas Tribune October 9, 2022February 26, 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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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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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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Willie Nelson and wife had ballot applications rejected under Texas’ GOP-championed voting law

The music legend faced the same ID confusion that led Texas to reject 23,000 ballots under the new law.

by Sanford Nowlin March 25, 2022September 10, 2024

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

Illegal voting in Texas likely to be a felony again after state House vote

Cannabis Reform, Voting Rights: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

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

Here’s what to do if you encounter harassment at the polls in Texas on voting day

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

Early voting has started in Texas. Here are your rights at the polls.

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

Judge orders Bexar County to add dozens more voting locations around San Antonio for midterms

How the debunked conspiracy film 2000 Mules became Texas Republican orthodoxy

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

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

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

Willie Nelson and wife had ballot applications rejected under Texas’ GOP-championed voting law

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

Advocates struggle to overcome new voting barriers in Texas

Harris County officials ask U.S. Justice Department to probe Texas’ rise in mail-in ballot rejections