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Electoral Reforms

What We Know About Galveston County’s Redistricting and What It Means for Voters

The move to redistrict between the primary and November elections has drawn legal challenges, and experts say it’s unprecedented.

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Electoral Reforms

Texas Confirms Some Flagged As Potential Noncitizens on Voter Rolls Had Provided DPS Proof of Citizenship

Although it’s not clear how many U.S. citizens were wrongly flagged, the state told county election officials to immediately reinstate some that had been removed from the voter roll.

Texas secretary of state raised concerns about the federal tool used to flag potential noncitizen voters

Texas secretary of state raised concerns about the federal tool used to flag potential noncitizen voters

Texas Is Cross-Referencing Its List of Potential Noncitizen Voters With Driver’s License Records
Electoral Reforms

Texas Is Cross-Referencing Its List of Potential Noncitizen Voters With Driver’s License Records

The state will check whether registered voters flagged as potential noncitizens by the SAVE database already gave proof of citizenship to DPS when they registered to vote.

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Electoral Reforms

The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Decision Could Reshape Local Government Across Texas

The ruling weakened a key Voting Rights Act provision that’s driven change to election systems and local district boundaries across the state for decades.

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Electoral Reforms

Voting Rights Groups Challenge Texas’ Removal of Potential Noncitizens From the Voter Roll

The plaintiffs argue Texas did not crosscheck its own records before flagging people on the voter roll as potential noncitizens.

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Electoral Reforms

Dallas County GOP Will Agree To Use Countywide Voting Sites for May 26 Runoff Election

The party had forced a switch to precinct voting during the primary election that confused and frustrated voters.

Gillespie County Republicans Scale Back Hand Count Amid Staffing Shortage
Democracy

Gillespie County Republicans Scale Back Hand Count Amid Staffing Shortage

After tallying errors and no audit in 2024, the county GOP will use machines to tally early voting results but still plans to hand count ballots cast on Election Day.

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