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• Early voting in Texas’ March 1 primary election starts Feb. 14

  by Alexa Ura and Mandi Cai Jan. 31, 2022

  Texans will head back to the polls — from Feb. 14-25 for early voting and on election day, March 1 — for the 2022 primary election. Here’s an overview of what Texans need to know about casting a ballot. Full Story 

• Texas violated voting rights law during redistricting, retiring state GOP senator says in sworn court statement

  by Alexa Ura Jan. 26, 2022

  A three-judge federal panel is hearing arguments in a lawsuit claiming that Texas Republicans violated the Voting Rights Act when they redrew state Senate District 10 in Tarrant County to lessen Black and Hispanic voting power. Full Story 

• Vote-by-mail rejections are testing integrity of Texas Republicans’ voting law

  by Alexa Ura Jan. 24, 2022

  With less than a month left to vote by mail in the March primary election, hundreds of applications for mail-in ballots are being rejected as both Texas voters and local election officials decipher new ID requirements enacted by Republican lawmakers. Full Story 

• Texas’ primary election is March 1. Here’s what you need to know to vote.

  by Alexa Ura and Mandi Cai Jan. 17, 2022

  The last day to register to vote was Jan. 31. The last day to apply for a ballot by mail is Feb. 18. Early voting runs from Feb. 14-25. Full Story 

• “They are us. There’s no distinction”: Terror of synagogue standoff is no isolated incident to Texas Jewish leaders

  by Alexa Ura Jan. 16, 2022

  News of Congregation Beth Israel hostages' safe escape is met with intense relief, but communities feel pain and fear over the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks and incidents in Texas and beyond. Full Story 

• Hundreds of mail-in ballot applications are being rejected under Texas’ new voting rules

  by Alexa Ura Jan. 13, 2022

  Texas Republicans last year enacted new identification requirements for voting by mail as part of sweeping legislation that further restricted the state’s voting process and narrowed local control of elections. Full Story 

• First part of Texas’ 2020 election audit reveals few issues, echoes findings from review processes already in place

  by Alexa Ura and Allyson Waller Dec. 31, 2021

  An initial review of four counties’ election results — launched after pressure from former President Donald Trump and touted by GOP leaders — showed few discrepancies between electronic and hand counts of ballots in a sample of voting precincts. Full Story 

• In Texas Supreme Court case, state argues that Dallas-Houston bullet train developer can’t use eminent domain

  by Alexa Ura Dec. 20, 2021

  A rural Texas landowner is battling Texas Central in a lawsuit that hinges on whether the company can forcibly take parcels needed to connect the state’s two biggest urban areas. Full Story 

• Texas’ renewed voter citizenship review is still flagging citizens as “possible non-U.S. citizens”

  by Alexa Ura Dec. 17, 2021

  The secretary of state’s office says it is following the legal settlement agreement it entered in 2019 after botching its first review effort. But scores of citizens are still being marked for citizenship verification — and possible removal from the rolls. Full Story 

• Opportunity was snatched away from Dallas County Latino communities when Texas Republicans redrew congressional maps

  by Alexa Ura Dec. 13, 2021

  Dallas-area Latinos hoped their growing numbers would finally translate into political clout this year through the creation of a new congressional district anchored by their communities. Instead, their neighborhoods were splintered between numerous white-majority districts. Full Story