The burden will fall on local election officials to determine which records they’re obligated to release or redact.

The request to the U.S. Department of Justice comes after Texas undermined ballot secrecy in the name of election transparency.

Registered voters in 96 Texas counties cast ballots at vote centers on election day. Scrapping that option could have costly implications.

The action comes after Votebeat and The Texas Tribune confirmed that some voters’ choices can later be identified through legally available records.

‘What we're seeing right now is that conflict between transparency and secrecy.’

The public has wide access to a trove of records that, in some cases, can be used to figure out exactly how someone voted. Election administrators want that fixed.

Forms related to address changes and ID can trip up voters — and workers — at the polling place.

Gillespie County documents show election worker expenses for the primary more than doubled from 2020. And they’re likely to grow.

Right-wing challengers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ into their complaints about how elections are conducted.

An expanded post-election hand count and an added $14,000 cost for special ballot paper won’t make voting more secure, but they may appease skeptics — for now.