When you think of voter suppression, what comes to mind? In the history books it’s poll taxes, literacy tests, and violence. For me, a Gen X-er and fifth-generation Texan, the picture certainly includes long lines of black and brown Americans enduring the elements for...
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back to archiveACLU of Texas flags 16 counties with possible Voting Rights Act violations
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas sent letters to 16 counties flagging possible violations of the Voting Rights Act for their failure to provide accurate Spanish language information. In total, the civil rights group discovered 69 counties in possible...
Texas GOP Continues Brazen Vote By Mail Lie
The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked efforts by Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins to send vote by mail applications to every registered voter in Harris County. The decision was forced by a lawsuit from indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton, best...
TDP General Counsel addresses court hearing on vote-by-mail lawsuit
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held a hearing Monday on the Texas Democratic Party’s vote-by-mail lawsuit. In their lawsuit, the TDP references the 26th amendment, which was adopted in 1971 and prohibits states from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of...
Ken Paxton sues Harris County for trying to deliver mail ballot applications
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins on Monday after the Houston area election chief promised to send more than two million mail ballot applications to voters. The lawsuit, filed in district court on Monday, is...
Texas Democratic Party Announces Unprecedented Weeklong Voter Registration Effort
Today, Texas Democrats announced an unprecedented voter outreach effort with a weeklong campaign to reach out to 1 million unregistered Texans. The voter registration week is a joint effort with the Texas Democratic Party and the MJ for Senate campaign. Previously,...
Texas Republicans quietly ended public hearings for redistricting. Advocacy groups are demanding change.
In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas Republicans have quietly halted plans to hold a series of public input hearings across more than 20 cities, slated to occur earlier this year, to collect public testimonials from Texans about redistricting. These...
Harris County joins lawsuit against Abbott to expand vote-by-mail
Harris County Commissioners Court voted on Tuesday to join a lawsuit by Texas Democrats suing Gov. Greg Abbott to expand vote-by-mail in Texas. The Democratic-led commissioners court voted 3-2 to join the lawsuit. The litigation seeks to allow all Texas voters to cast...
Texas Democrats ramp up vote-by-mail efforts
The Texas Democratic Party launched a new fund on Monday that will be used to send 1.75 million mail-in ballot applications by November. The party said it will start by sending more than 815,000 vote-by-mail applications to eligible voters in August, according to a...