News
Musicians Bun B and Kam Franklin Celebrate Voting
Posted on · Bun B and Kan Franklin, lead singer of The Suffers, have joined together to throw a drive-in concert at NRG Park, and your voting questions answered by the experts.
Tag: mail in ballot
Election 2020
4 Ongoing Legal Battles That Could Make It Harder To Vote In Texas
Posted on · Local elections officials, voting rights advocates and Texas Republicans are entangled in multiple legal battles that impact access to the ballot.
Election 2020
Order Allowing Texas Counties To Have Multiple Mail-In Ballot Drop Off Sites Is Upheld, But Appeal Halts Openings
Posted on · The state is continuing to fight a Travis County district court's ruling that overrode Gov. Greg Abbott's order limiting counties to one absentee ballot drop-off location.
Election 2020
Congressional Dems Ask 5th Circ. To Expand Mail-In Ballot Drop-Off Locations In Texas
Posted on · The federal appellate court had halted a lower court's ruling to allow multiple mail-in ballot drop-off locations across the state.
Houston Matters
Everything You Need To Know Before Heading To The Polls (Oct. 9, 2020)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: The latest on reopening bars, what you need to know before heading to the polls, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week’s news, and the 25th anniversary of Wishbone.
Election 2020
Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Counties To Reduce Ballot Drop-Off Locations, Bolstering GOP Efforts To Limit Absentee Voting Options
Posted on · Harris County, the state’s most populous and a major Democratic stronghold, had designated a dozen locations where voters could deliver their own ballots — and already began collecting them this week.
Election 2020
Texas Judge Allows Harris County To Send All Voters Applications For Mail-In Ballots
Posted on · State district judge R.K. Sandill rejected the state's request for a temporary injunction to bar Harris County from pursuing its mailing plan.
Election 2020
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Texas Democrats’ Effort To Expand Voting By Mail
Posted on · The Texas Democratic Party had challenged the state's age limits on voting by mail, arguing that they violated the 26th Amendment's protections against voting restrictions that discriminate based on age.
Politics
Update: Harris County Will Only Send Ballots To Voters 65 And Older For Now, After Texas Attorney General Sues
Posted on · Paxton told Houston Matters host Craig Cohen that the Harris County Clerk cannot mass mail vote-by-mail applications on his own initiative.
Politics
Texas Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Vote By Mail Case
Posted on · At issue: whether election officials in Harris County and elsewhere broke the law by telling voters fear of contracting COVID-19 was a valid reason for requesting an absentee ballot.
Texas
Texas’ Rules For Mail-In Voting Won’t Work During Pandemic, A New Lawsuit Argues
Posted on · In their suit, a group of Texas voters and civic organizations claim that four Texas absentee voting rules are unconstitutional during a public health crisis.
Politics
AG Ken Paxton Warns Against Expanding Vote By Mail
Posted on · The move comes as many counties, including Harris County, prepare for an expected massive increase in absentee ballot requests due to the coronavirus pandemic
Election 2020
Civil Rights Groups Push Texas To Expand Absentee Voting In Face of COVID-19
Posted on · Concerns abound that fear of the disease could depress voter turnout or prompt election workers to stay home, experts say.
Texas Elections 2018
Dallas County DA Investigating Mail-In Ballot Applications For Possible Fraud
Posted on · The applications are from the same areas where voter fraud was suspected in last year's municipal elections