Posted on · Senate Bill 823 would give the secretary of state the power to replace an appointed elections administrator, while SB 1750 would abolish the office of elections administrator in Harris County, handing its duties back to a pair of elected officials.
Posted on · Keith Casey, who has unsuccessfully run against Weber multiple times during the last decade, faces two felony counts of making threats against a U.S. official.
Posted on · The commission unanimously voted to appoint Clifford Tatum at a later date after he becomes a Texas resident and a registered voter.
Posted on · By comparison, less than 0.3% of all mail ballots received for the 2018 primary were rejected for all causes, according to the Harris County Elections Administrator.
Posted on · Longoria came under fire after her office took more than 24 hours to tally votes, and missed 10,000 mail-in ballots in the final unofficial count. Longoria has also been sued by the county GOP.
Posted on · The suit comes after massive delays in the unofficial vote count and the revelation that about 10,000 mail-in ballots still have not been included in the count.
Posted on · On Monday's show: How many of Harris County's mail-in ballots for the primary election that were rejected will be corrected in person as is required by law? And listeners share their pet peeves about life in Houston.
Posted on · Former Houston City Councilmember Jolanda Jones and Realtor Danielle Keys Bess will face each other in a late-May runoff, but that’s only after voters choose who’ll fill out the remainder of Coleman’s current term in an early-May special election.
Posted on · Lesley Briones and Ben Chou will compete in the Democratic primary runoff for the seat now held by Republican County Commissioner Jack Cagle.
Posted on · Luttrell won a lopsided victory against ten other Republicans, racking up more than double the percentage of votes of his closest rival, Christian Collins.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: Harris County failed to finish the election count on time — a claim the elections administrator denies. So, what's going on and what does it mean? Plus, a conversation with the new chair of the Metro board, and remembering Houston blues musician and band leader Milton Hopkins.
Posted on · Despite its name, the Railroad Commission oversees oil and gas extraction, as well as pipelines, in the state. That role has led some to call it one of the most important regulatory agencies in the world, especially when it comes to energy policy and climate change.
Posted on · Republican State Senator Dawn Buckingham and Democrat Sandragrace Martinez were respectively the top vote getters, but outright victory eluded them both.
Posted on · State lawmakers tailored Texas' 38th Congressional District to suit Hunt, who narrowly lost a 2020 contest against Democratic Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher.
Posted on · Harris County election officials won't have primary election results by the statutory deadline due to damaged ballots, according to the Texas Secretary of State's office.