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Election 2020

Early Voting Has Begun In Harris County. Here’s What You Need To Know

Mai-Ann Nguyen, HPM Intern

Posted on October 13, 2020 · A map of polling places, voter ID rules, a sample ballot, and more information you need for the 2020 general election.

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News

Plaintiffs Say Texas Voter ID Fight Is Over

Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune

Posted on August 9, 2018 · In a court filing, opponents of the state's voter ID law told a federal district judge that the case was settled and that they would not pursue any other changes or remedies.

Tags ID+ texas texas voter id voter ID law

Texas Elections 2018

Early Voting For The 2018 Texas Primaries Begins: What You Need To Know

Ryan Poppe, TPR

Posted on February 19, 2018 · Early voting for Texas’s March 6 primary starts Tuesday, February 20

Tags 2018 elections early voting elections 2018 Texas primaries texas voter id voting

Politics

Justice Department Drops Opposition To Texas Voter ID Law

Andrew Schneider

Posted on February 27, 2017 · Plaintiffs say they’ll continue their lawsuit against Texas, charging the law was intended to suppress the voting rights of Hispanic and African-American citizens.

Tags 85th Texas Legislature Attorney General Ken Paxton justice department texas voter id Trump administration

Politics

School Vouchers, Voter ID & Bathroom Use on Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s Agenda This Session

Ben Philpott, KUT

Posted on November 21, 2016 · Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently released his top 10 priorities for the 2017 legislative session. And now with several hundred bills filed, we have some glimpses of how he plans to meet his goals.

Tags Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick sanctuary cities school vouchers Texas Legislature texas voter id voter id

Elections

Amid Early Voting Rush, Texas Sees Voter ID Hiccups

Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune

Posted on October 26, 2016 · Amid Texans’ mad dash to polling places this week, the front end of 12 days of voting before Election Day, civil rights groups and some voters are questioning how some county election officials are portraying the state’s voter identification requirements, which a federal judge softened in August.

Tags election laws polls texas voter id

Election 2016

Texas Turns To Spanish-Language Radio, TV To Spread Voter ID Education Message

Andrew Schneider

Posted on September 5, 2016 · Secretary of State Carlos Cascos is trying to get the word out about Texas’ expanded ID options. The deadline to register to vote in time for Election Day is October 11.

Tags election day Spanish speaking Texas Secretary of State texas voter id U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

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Election 2016

Texas, US Justice Department Clash In Appeals Court Over Voter ID Law

Andrew Schneider

Posted on May 25, 2016 · The Supreme Court has said it will intervene if the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals does not issue a ruling by July 20.

Tags justice department texas voter id U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. Supreme Court

5th Circuit Court of Appeals

Politics

US Fifth Circuit Court To Review Texas Voter ID Law

Andrew Schneider

Posted on March 15, 2016 · The appeals court’s decision to grant a hearing before all its active judges means the law is likely to remain in force through the November elections.

Tags Attorney General Ken Paxton texas voter id U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. Supreme Court

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Election 2016

What You Need To Know To Vote On Super Tuesday

Andrew Schneider

Posted on February 29, 2016 · A large early voting turnout suggests the lines at Harris County polling stations will be long.

Tags election 2016 Super Tuesday texas primary texas voter id voting

Houston Mayor

Voting While Homeless In Houston

Andrew Schneider

Posted on November 2, 2015 · Homeless citizens have the same legal right to vote as those with fixed addresses. But the barriers to exercising that right in Texas are formidable.

Tags elections homeless politics texas voter id voting

Elections

Will State’s Argument For Voter Id Law Sway Federal Judge?

Pat Hernandez

Posted on September 18, 2014 · Battle lines drawn in federal court, challenging Texas' voter ID law

Tags election 2014 news texas voter id

Elections

Texas Voter ID Law Back In Federal Court

David Pitman

Posted on September 2, 2014 · This could be just the beginning of another years-long appeals process.

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Second day of judicial election challenge trial focuses on countywide problems with mail-in ballots, early votes

Andrew Schneider

Posted on August 2, 2023 · Republican voting officials Kay Tyner and Colleen Vera took the stand for the plaintiff, former Judge Erin Lunceford, in Lunceford’s election challenge lawsuit against Judge Tamika Craft. Lunceford is seeking a new election in Harris County’s 189th Judicial District Court.

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Elections

Harris County early voting trends after first week favor Republicans, analyst says

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on October 31, 2022 · Harris County has seen a decline in early voting turnout compared to the last midterm election in 2018, and most of those who have voted tend to be older.

Tags early voting harris county elections midterm elections voting by mail

Voting

2020 changed how America votes. The question now is whether those changes stick

Miles Parks, NPR

Posted on October 28, 2022 · The pandemic led to a historic rise in early voting, as 70% of the electorate cast ballots before Election Day in 2020. In 2022, it looks like more of the same.

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Elections

2022 early voting turnout in Harris County slightly lagging behind last midterm in 2018

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on October 25, 2022 · A total of 60,834 voters cast in-person ballots on the first day of early voting in Harris County, which was 2,354 lower than the first-day turnout in 2018.

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