Elections
Harris County Clerk Says Voting Systems Are Secure for Midterm Election
Posted on · Officials say they have multiple systems in place to make sure the election isn’t compromised and people should feel confident their vote will be counted.
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News
Waller County Elections Office Denies Rejecting Voter Registrations from Prairie View A&M Students
Posted on · “We have absolutely not rejected one voter registration from the campus,” a local election official says.
News
Houston Students Celebrate Civic Engagement at Youth Voters Conference
Posted on · With their eyes on November, local students met recently to discuss voter turnout and policy issues
Houston Matters
Full Show: Voter Registration Challenges, And Sylvia Garcia Candidate Interview (Sept. 4, 2018)
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: The Louisiana Cajun Navy prepares to help as Tropical Storm Gordon heads for Mississippi. We examines challenges to voter registration in Greater Houston. Democratic Congressional candidate Sylvia Garcia answers listener questions. And Jeff Balke updates us on local sports.
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.
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
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
Ted Cruz Leads Beto O’Rourke By 5 Points In Texas Senate Race, UT/TT Poll Finds
Posted on · Texas Republicans in top races, led by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott, are running ahead of their Democratic challengers, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
News
Supreme Court Punts On Partisan Gerrymandering, Leaving Status Quo In Place
Posted on · The court on Monday, in twin partisan gerrymandering cases from Wisconsin and Maryland, said either that challengers didn't have standing or didn't weigh in on the merits of the case.
News
Primary Takeaways: Voters Send Parties Further Apart
Posted on · Republicans and Democrats are heading in totally different directions, highlighted by Georgia's primaries for governor. And the progressive vs. establishment fight fizzled on the Democratic side.
News
Here’s What You Need To Know About Texas’ Primary Runoff Results
Posted on · Democrat Lupe Valdez will face off against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in the fall. Two incumbents in the Texas House lost their runoffs. And Democrats had their worst runoff turnout in almost a century.
Texas Elections 2018
Polls Open As Texas Voters Decide Runoff Races
Posted on · Texas' primary runoff will test whether the national Democratic Party's establishment can overcome an insurgent wing more openly hostile to President Donald Trump
News
Here’s What To Expect In The Texas Runoff Elections
Posted on · Texas voters will decide major-party nominees Tuesday in 33 primaries that went to an overtime round after the March elections.
News
Election Night Shakeup: Here Come The New ‘Exit’ Polls
Posted on · Fox News and the Associated Press are upending a quarter century of how elections are measured — and races called — launching a new approach for this fall's midterm elections.
Texas Elections 2018
Santa Fe Shooting Casts Pall Over Runoff Elections, Unlikely To Shift Votes
Posted on · Rice University Political Scientist Bob Stein says most voters made up their minds on the Second Amendment and gun control legislation well before last week’s shootings at Santa Fe High School