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Democratic state lawmakers hope to win Republican support in expanding access to voting this year.

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Can these 5 bills to expand voting access in Texas win bipartisan support in the Legislature?

By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas TribuneJan. 9, 2025

Proposals to allow online registration and broaden photo ID options may have a chance to advance, supporters say.

Voters in Rosenberg line up outside of the Rosenberg Annex as early voting begins in Texas on Monday. Fort Bend County, which includes Rosenberg, is one of only two of the state's most populous counties to see an increase in their voter turnout rate during the first three days of early voting.

2024 Texas Elections

Texas turnout rate slightly down after first three days of early voting

By Juan Salinas II and Graphics by Yuriko SchumacherOct. 25, 2024

State data shows just two of Texas’ most populous counties have surpassed their voter turnout rate in 2020.

Former state Sen. Wendy Davis and bus driver Tim Holloway arrive at the U.S. Federal Courthouse for the "Trump Train" trial in downtown Austin on Sept. 12, 2024.

Politics

Jury clears all but one defendant in Texas “Trump Train” trial

By Kate McGeeSept. 23, 2024Sept. 23, 2024

Six Trump supporters were accused of intimidating a Biden campaign bus in 2020. Both plaintiffs and defendants saw Monday’s verdict as a victory.

A voting feather flag near Firemans Park voting station in McAllen on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022.

2024 Texas Elections

Ken Paxton’s vote harvesting investigation in South Texas renews questions over politiqueras

By Berenice GarciaAug. 28, 2024

Since the 2020 election, Texas Republicans have dramatically rewritten the state’s voting laws, which have made some long-standing practices illegal.

Texans voted early at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center near downtown Houston in 2018.

2024 Texas Elections

About 40% of Texas election administrators leave their job each presidential election cycle, report finds

By Pooja SalhotraApril 9, 2024

Texas’ turnover rate has held steady at 40% since 2014. That’s slightly above the new national average.

A series of challenges to the 2023 election could prevent tax cuts and a pension increase for teachers from going into effect.

Politics

Tax cuts, teacher pension increases at stake after misinformation-led challenge to 2023 election

By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas TribuneDec. 1, 2023Dec. 1, 2023

Tax cuts were a major legislative priority for Republican leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott. The governor cannot certify the election results until the challenges are resolved.

Election judges and Harris County employees wait in line to drop off ballots and supplies from polling locations at NRG Arena Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Houston, Texas.

Politics

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

By Jess HuffOct. 19, 2023

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

Attorney Sidney Powell speaks at a press conference on election results in Alpharetta, Georgia, on Dec. 2, 2020.

Politics

Texan Sidney Powell, Trump co-defendant, pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case

By Pooja SalhotraOct. 19, 2023Oct. 19, 2023

Under the plea agreement, the lawyer will serve six years’ probation, pay a $6,000 fine plus $2,700 to the secretary of state’s office and testify truthfully at co-defendants’ trials.