Natalia Contreras

How Dallas County GOP’s vote to hand-count ballots could roil the March primary “Let’s not forget this is the way it used to be done,” says the county GOP chair. Other counties that have tried it encountered counting errors and discrepancies.

Efforts to hand-count ballots haven't ceased in Texas. Republicans in Dallas County want to try it. In Gillespie County, they'll do it again. In other counties, Republicans are considering it. By law, there's still no way to audit hand count results #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/1...

Still, the Oct. 6 voter registration deadline is coming up quickly for the November constitutional amendment election. For this story, I also talked to a concerned mom whose daughter's application was turned in in July and has yet to be fully processed. #txlege

The Texas Secretary of State said it anticipated some technical issues with this “once-in-a-decade upgrade.” State officials told election officials this month that many of the problems stem from county officials not knowing how to use the updated system. #txlege

Texas counties struggle with state’s updated TEAM voter registration system Says one election administrator: “One day it works and we can get stuff done, and the next day it doesn’t and nothing gets done.”

Election officials told me that after TEAM was revamped in July, the problems began prolifirating: Voters’ previous addresses override their new ones, their voting precincts don’t populate correctly and often information doesn’t save at all. #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...

ICYM: I've been reporting on issues election officials are experiencing with the state's latest revamp of its voter registration system, known as TEAM. The issues have led to backlogs of tens of thousands of voter registration applications🧵 #txlege

How Texas’ new ID laws for mail voting are affecting turnout A new study from NYU’s Brennan Center looks at the impact of Senate Bill 1 on voter participation, including the rising “cost of voting.”

County election officials in Texas have seen the effects anecdotally, they tell @nataliaecm.bsky.social “Unfortunately, the voters have to jump through so many hoops to get into that corrective-action loop, that they just get frustrated and they give up," one said. www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...

Texas redistricting standoff complicates preparations for March 2026 primary New maps would mean months of work for election officials, and key deadlines are approaching.

Redistricting could further burden election officials in Texas, @nataliaecm.bsky.social reports.

"In a typical redistricting cycle year, the process of adapting to new maps is labor-intensive for election officials and takes months." www.texastribune.org/2025/08/08/t...

Wisconsin Senate has no election committee. Where will bills go instead? The first election-related legislation, which would enshrine the state’s photo ID requirement for voters in the constitution, got referred to the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety committee.

Wisconsin Senate will forgo a dedicated election committee
https://www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/2025/01/07/wisconsin-senate-has-no-designated-election-committee/

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