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Voting Group Says It Is No Longer Allowed To Leave Voter Registration Cards In Post Offices

Ashley Lopez, KUT

Posted on August 28, 2020 · Officials with the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Texas say their volunteers are no longer allowed to leave voter registration forms at U.S. post offices.

Tags 2020 election 2020 presidential election league of eoman voters u.s. postal service usps vote-by-mail voter registration

Election 2020

Trump Admits He Opposes Funding For Postal Service To Block More Voting By Mail

BARBARA SPRUNT, NPR

Posted on August 13, 2020 · President Trump told Fox Business Network that he's against additional funding and election assistance for the U.S. Postal Service in order to sabotage efforts to expand mail-in voting.

Tags 2020 election Donald Trump mail-in voting u.s. postal service usps

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Postage Stamp Honoring Bush 41 Unveiled In College Station

HPM Digital Team

Posted on June 12, 2019 · The U.S. Postal Service has issued a Forever stamp honoring the former President, who passed away in Houston in November.

Tags College Station george w bush u.s. postal service

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Former Harris County Clerk’s Office employee accused of buying cookies with stolen information

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on January 27, 2023 · Sharika Prejean, 30, was arrested Tuesday at the county clerk's office and fired from her job there as a mailroom clerk.

Tags credit card abuse fraud Harris County Clerk's Office Harris County District Attorney's Office united states post office usps

Elections

GOP claims of Election Day mismanagement, fraud don’t explain Democrats’ 2022 sweep of Harris County

Andrew Schneider

Posted on January 17, 2023 · Republicans are seeking fresh elections in nearly two dozen contests, alleging Election Day woes cost them thousands of votes, but a surge in Democratic registration and long-term demographic trends provide simpler explanations for GOP losses.

Tags 2022 elections alexandra del moral mealer election challenge Harris County Democratic Party Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Harris County Republican Party judicial elections Latino voters voter registration voting problems

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Texas audit finds some problems, but not fraud, in Harris County’s handling of 2020 general election

Andrew Schneider

Posted on December 20, 2022 · The report from the Texas Secretary of State’s office pointed specifically to chain-of-custody issues involving close to 185,000 cast vote records.

Tags 2020 election drive-thru voting election audit Texas Legislature texas secretary of state’s office

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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.

Tags 2020 election 2022 midterm election early voting mail-in ballots voting

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