Voter Registration & Rolls
A bill added to the special session agenda would restore limits on voters who make last-minute address changes.
The state is holding off on fulfilling the DOJ request for now, while it switches to a new voter registration management system. The letter raises legal and privacy concerns.
The government is obligated by law to explain how it plans to use the information it collects. But the Justice Department hasn’t provided much detail yet.
Days after a dire warning, Votec’s chairman says its doors are ‘open again.’ But county election administrators are wary.
The program does not share case information with other agencies, a U.S. CIS official says: ‘We don’t refer a noncitizen to ICE.’
What is the U.S. doing with uploaded records? And how is the state handling search results? Lawmakers and watchdogs push the Department of Homeland Security for more transparency.
A flurry of letters seek access to voter rolls and details on registration procedures, in support of Trump’s directives.
Attorney General Ken Paxton says the cases involve more than 100 voters, mostly in Harris County.
Two letters went out. One was a mistake. The other one explains how to ensure you can keep voting in state and local elections.
The voters were warned they would be moved to the inactive list if they didn’t respond. The Recorder’s Office said it was a printing error.
County residents affected by a state error will be able to vote in the coming congressional primary, but will have to provide documents to maintain their eligibility after that.
Election officials had warned that the bill would be tough to implement
A failed conspiracy to steal a mayor’s race shows how manipulation can happen at the local level. But just how big is the threat?
Lawmakers hear arguments for revamping the state’s current paper-based system, including the threat of new backlogs if a proposed proof-of-citizenship requirement becomes law.
Featuring Secretaries of State Adrian Fontes of Arizona and David Scanlan of New Hampshire, you’ll learn about the practical realities of requiring documented proof of citizenship for elections.
Democrats and other critics say a House bill threatens to disenfranchise people who can’t easily access the right documents.
After the state failed to stop the county mailings last year, the effort moves to the Legislature.
The president had asserted authority to regulate voting that the Constitution explicitly grants to Congress and the states.
Opponents of the bill say some women who have changed their names could be turned away at the polls. Supporters say that concern is overblown.
The state says a bill requiring counties to switch to TEAM would make it easier to monitor voter rolls. But the system has had its problems.