Politics
Ahead of Midterm Elections, Harris County Democrats and Republicans Spar over Voter Registration Challenges
Posted on · Republicans say the registration challenges were nonpartisan, but some of those who were challenged feel otherwise.
Tag: voter registration
News
Texas Officials Are Securing Voter Registration Databases Ahead of Midterm Election
Posted on · While most of the state’s efforts are in the early stages, Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir said her department has been working on securing the county’s database for a while now
Houston Matters
High School Voter Registration, And An Unusual Robbery: The Good, Bad, & Ugly Of The Week’s News
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Houston Matters
Full Show: The Great Houston Flood of 1935, And Studying Hawaii’s Volcano (Aug. 3, 2018)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: NASA announces its first crews who will fly on commercial spacecraft. Then, we look back at the Great Houston Flood of 1935. We discuss The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news. A Rice professor tells us what she's learned from studying the erupting Kilauea volcano. And a local festival highlights women in jazz.
News
Two-Thirds of Texas High Schools Still Aren’t Registering Students to Vote
Posted on · According to the study, 35 percent of all Texas counties did not have a single high school request voter registration forms
Houston Matters
As Midterms Near, Is Texas Confident In Its Election Security?
Posted on · In Texas, where a voter registration database was targeted by Russian hackers, the question of election security looms large as the 2018 midterm elections approach.
News
Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Online Voter Registration For Texas Drivers
Posted on · A federal judge had set a 45-day deadline for Texas to implement its first system of online voter registration.
News
Ken Paxton To Appeal Court Order Forcing Texas To Comply With The National Voter Registration Act
Posted on · Currently Texas is not registering people to vote who update their driver’s license online, but they are registering people who show up in-person
Houston Matters
How Vulnerable Are Texas Voter Rolls To Cyber Attack?
Posted on · We discuss cyber security and its role in our election process and learn what one county clerk is doing to ensure that security.
Election 2016
Record Number Of People Registered To Vote In Texas
Posted on · Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos has announced a record number of Texas voters are signed up to cast their ballot in this November’s election.
Houston Matters
Judge Rules Texas Defied Court Order On Voter ID Law
Posted on · It seems as if the twists and turns in the saga over the state's voter ID law will never end. In the latest development, U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos Monday (Sept. 19, 2016) determined the state's voter education campaign is using misleading language to discourage eligible voters from going to the polls. When the […]
Full Show
Pensions, Voter ID, and Frost Town: Thursday’s Show (September 22, 2016)
Posted on · On Tuesday (Sept. 20, 2016), the Kinder Institute for Urban Research held a panel discussion on the future of Houston's pension system. The discussion came just a few days after Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced an "historic” pension reform plan. On this edition of Houston Matters, we discuss the mayor’s plan and what hurdles remain […]
Full Show
Houston Hacks and Lady Bird and Lyndon: Friday’s Show (November 6, 2015)
Posted on · We all have little tricks to make our lives in Houston easier. Maybe yours include avoiding crowds by shopping for groceries during a Texans game, or maybe you know a special shortcut around traffic. On this edition of Houston Matters, we share your Houston life hacks. We also hear examples from Viula Torgerson, who writes […]
Houston Matters
The Pros and Cons of Letting Voters Register Online
Posted on · The Texas House Elections Committee recently considered bills to make Texas the 21st state to allow citizens to register to vote online. The committee left both bills pending after hearing criticism primarily from Harris County, including Tax Assessor-Collector Mike Sullivan, Ed Johnson from the County Clerk's office, and Alan Vera, who chairs the Ballot Security […]
Full Show
Online Voter Registration: Thursday’s Show (May 7, 2015)
Posted on · The Texas House Elections Committee recently considered bills to make Texas the 21st state to allow citizens to register to vote online. The committee left both bills pending after hearing criticism primarily from Harris County, including Tax Assessor-Collector Mike Sullivan, Ed Johnson from the County Clerk's office, and Alan Vera, who chairs the Ballot Security […]