Texas Voting Rights

The 2020 election could mark the first time the state's five largest counties allow residents to vote at any polling place instead of limiting them to precinct-based sites on Election Day. Full Story 

The panel ruled that such an action wasn't warranted, though it previously ruled that state lawmakers discriminated against voters of color when they first drew new maps in 2011. Full Story 

State officials continue to deny public access to the list of 100,000 voters selected for citizenship checks, citing a section of state law that allows them to withhold the information if it's part of a pending criminal review. Full Story 

Whitley had resigned as secretary of state just before he would have been kicked out of office without a confirmation vote. Full Story 

Whitley leaves his job after presiding over a botched review of the voter rolls that questioned the citizenship of thousands of eligible voters. Full Story 

The Texas Senate needs two-thirds approval to confirm Whitley, but Democrats have stood in the way after his office's botched voter roll review. Full Story 

The expenditure appears to comply with the federal law, but Democratic lawmakers say it flies in the face of the act's purpose to improve elections and voter access. Full Story 

The state had questioned the citizenship status of almost 100,000 registered voters, but many on the list turned out to be naturalized citizens. Full Story 

The U.S. House's main investigative committee had asked for documents and communications from state officials involved in the review. Full Story 

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to the state Thursday asking for documents related to the review. Full Story 

Hear from naturalized citizens whose voter eligibility was questioned as part of the state’s flawed review of the voter rolls. Full Story 

The voters flagged by the state as "possible non-U.S. citizens" have since been reinstated amid ongoing litigation that halted the review effort. Full Story 

Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, told lawmakers he was to blame for providing data to the secretary of state's office that led to the mistaken challenge of almost 25,000 registered voters. Full Story 

A spokesman for the secretary of state said a vendor is to blame for the voters being listed as potential noncitizens. The new names were mistakenly added while the state was testing its data. Full Story 

Pelosi was in Austin to promote an election reform bill that would require local election officials to make it easier to vote. Full Story 

A miscommunication and an ignored warning led to the questioning of thousands of citizens' voting rights. Full Story 

The vote was 4-3 along party lines. Whitley now needs two-thirds support of the full Senate to be confirmed. Full Story 

U.S. District Judge Fred Biery called the review "ham-handed" and ordered counties not to remove voters from the rolls without his approval and "a conclusive showing that the person is ineligible to vote." Full Story 

The state is keeping the list of voters it's reviewing secret, but county elections offices are supposed to tell individuals if they are on the list. Full Story 

After state officials conceded that at least a quarter of a list of nearly 100,000 Texas voters flagged for citizenship review should never have been questioned, a federal judge said, "I wish all of this could've been done back as the original effort." Full Story