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Texas elections reporter for Votebeat -- the only US news organization focused on voting access and election administration. Reach me at ncontreras@votebeat.org

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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

29.09.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Texas Secretary of State said it anticipated some technical issues with this โ€œonce-in-a-decade upgrade.โ€ 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

29.09.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Texas counties struggle with stateโ€™s updated TEAM voter registration system Says one election administrator: โ€œOne day it works and we can get stuff done, and the next day it doesnโ€™t and nothing gets done.โ€

Election officials told me that after TEAM was revamped in July, the problems began prolifirating: Votersโ€™ previous addresses override their new ones, their voting precincts donโ€™t populate correctly and often information doesnโ€™t save at all. #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...

29.09.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 applications๐Ÿงต #txlege

29.09.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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How Texasโ€™ new ID laws for mail voting are affecting turnout A new study from NYUโ€™s Brennan Center looks at the impact of Senate Bill 1 on voter participation, including the rising โ€œcost of voting.โ€

County election officials in Texas have seen the effects anecdotally, they tell @nataliaecm.bsky.social โ€œUnfortunately, 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...

28.05.2025 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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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...

08.08.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wisconsin Senate has no election committee. Where will bills go instead? The first election-related legislation, which would enshrine the stateโ€™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/

07.01.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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07.01.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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