With the Texas primaries now less than a month away, Texas Democrats have launched what they call the biggest voter protection program in Texas history. Joined by Fair Fight, the nonprofit headed by former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and voting rights advocate...
For the first time this November, Texans will head to the ballot box without the option to vote straight-ticket for one party It means voters will have to manually select individual candidates instead of checking a box to vote for an entire party’s list of candidates....
On Monday, the Texas Democratic Party announced the largest voter registration program in the history of the state. This massive effort will be done in conjunction with Fair Fight, a voting rights organization started by Stacey Abrams. "Fair Fight is proud to...
On Monday, the Texas Democratic Party announced that it will launch the largest voter registration effort in the history of the state. The 2020 program will involve 1,000 organizers and canvassers on the ground registering voters. The party will also mail out...
The state’s Democratic party and two high-impact national groups are suing the Texas Secretary of State for rejecting electronic signatures on voters registration forms. During the 2018 midterms, the state rejected thousands of voter registration forms because they...
The Texas Civil Rights Project has sent a cease and desist letter to Texas officials, warning them to stop violating federal voter laws or else face litigation. Under federal law, U.S. residents updating or obtaining their driver's license should simultaneously...
The Democratic-led House recently passed a critical voting rights bill that aims to rein in voter suppression in states with a pattern of discrimination, like Texas. To do so, the bill would restore and strengthen key provisions in the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act...
On Tuesday, former Austin Assistant City Manager Terrell Blodgett, the Texas College Democrats, and the Texas Young Democrats filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State over the state ending the use of mobile polling locations. This is the second lawsuit...
New voter registration figures in Texas show potential for Democrats trying to eke out a statewide win. More than 2.6 million people have registered to vote in Texas since Election Day in 2016, tweeted Tom Bonier, the CEO of political data firm TargetSmart. Of...