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Local Texas election officials await appointment of new secretary of state as midterm preparations ramp up

After Jane Nelson’s unexpected resignation, local election leaders worry her successor could complicate midterm election administration. Gov. Greg Abbott hasn’t yet named a replacement.

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Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson stepping down

Nelson’s office oversees elections. Abbott appointed her to the role in 2023 after she became the longest-serving Republican woman in Texas Senate history.

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Abbott legal brief criticizes Paxton’s rushed lawsuit against Harris County’s immigrant legal fund

“Perhaps the Attorney General only recently learned of this program; perhaps the office’s attention was focused elsewhere,” lawyers for Abbott wrote, noting the fund has existed for five years.

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DHS asked Texas to hand over driver’s license data for citizenship checks

It’s the latest step to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.

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Paxton sides with Texas GOP, against secretary of state in lawsuit seeking to close primaries

Secretary of State Jane Nelson said in a filing that Paxton’s office gave her less than an hour’s warning that they’d be siding against her agency in court. The post Paxton sides with Texas GOP, against secretary of state in lawsuit seeking to close primaries appeared first on The Texas…

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Texas Republican Party sues state to end open primaries

Currently, any Texas voter can cast a ballot in GOP primaries. The party wants to limit eligibility to registered members.

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Texas secretary of state refers 33 potential noncitizen voters for criminal investigation

The 33 potential voting violations are a tiny fraction of the roughly 11 million who cast ballots in the November 2024 election.

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Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places

Some Republican-led states say they they will block Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws

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Texas withdraws request to block U.S. Justice Department from monitoring state’s elections

The federal agency agreed their monitors would remain outside polling locations and wouldn’t interfere with voting.

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Record Turnout and Security Concerns Shape Texas' Early Voting Season

Secretary of State Jane Nelson claims Texas elections will be more secure "than they've ever been," amid rumors of voting machines flipping votes in favor of Democrats.

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Long lines but few problems as Texas wraps the first week of early voting

A Bexar County election worker was assaulted Thursday, officials said. In Tarrant County, officials encouraged voters to review their ballots before voting.

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Texas AG Paxton Sues Biden Administration For Not Giving Him More Data to Verify Noncitizen Voters

As the election nears, Paxton ramps up efforts to target noncitizen voters.

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Texas sues Biden administration for not providing data on noncitizens

Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the federal government of failing to provide citizenship data for registered voters, even as he acknowledged that the vast majority of the people on the rolls are lawful voters.

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Watch: Texas lawmakers discuss noncitizens on the voter rolls

Here’s what you need to know after a ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat investigation found that Gov. Greg Abbott likely inflated the number of noncitizens on voter rolls.

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Ken Paxton’s voter registration suit against Travis County returned to state court

A federal court’s decision is the latest development in a bitter pre-election brawl between Republican state officials and Democratic county leaders.

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Travis County sues top Texas officials, accusing them of violating National Voter Registration Act

Attorney General Ken Paxton and Secretary of State Jane Nelson are targeted in the new suit, escalating a pre-election war over voter registration efforts.

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Texas officials compromised ballot secrecy as they increased election transparency

In limited instances, the choices some Texas voters make can later be identified using public, legally available data.

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Texas reviewed Harris County’s 2022 election. Here’s what state officials found.

The audit does not suggest the outcome of the election would have changed despite “multiple failures.”

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GOP's "shameless power grab" in Texas

"These bills are not about election reform . . . They are entirely about suppressing voters' voices"

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Texas likely to leave voter fraud program under bill headed to governor for final approval

AUSTIN — Texas is likely to leave a voter fraud protection program that has been beset by conspiracy theories under a bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

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Texas Senate confirms Jane Nelson as secretary of state

Nelson’s former colleagues in the Senate gave her resounding approval, avoiding another embarrassment for Gov. Greg Abbott, whose last three nominations for secretary of state did not receive confirmation.

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Aging state vehicle fleet fuels tens of millions in new money requests by agencies

Many state-owned vehicles are aging past the standards for replacement. Early budget drafts signal that lawmakers are considering funding some $237.6 million in requests for new ones.

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick unveils committee assignments with one Democratic chair

Conservative activists have pushed for legislative leaders to ban Democrats from leading committees.

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Texas governor picks veteran GOP lawmaker for elections job

Gov. Greg Abbott has tapped a longtime Republican lawmaker to be Texas’ new elections chief, a pick who could enjoy a smoother confirmation process following the blowback and scrutiny his two previous picks faced

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Gov. Greg Abbott says he will nominate retiring state Sen. Jane Nelson to be secretary of state

Nelson planned to retire from the Senate after 30 years in office. But her nomination will give Abbott a clearer path to having his nominee confirmed by the Senate after his last three have gone unconfirmed.

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