- Why does Texas have so many elections, and why do few people vote in them? https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/15/texas-elections-2022/ 12 comments politics
- "In not too many years, Texas could switch from being all Republican to all Democrat. If that happens, no Republican will ever again win the White House." - Texas Sen-Elect Cruz (R) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/11/19/121119fa_fact_lizza?currentpage=all 558 comments politics
- Texas voters who contract COVID before election day will need a doctor's note to vote absentee | A voting rights group had argued that getting a doctor’s sign-off would be too burdensome for many voters, particularly people of color https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katiejmbaker/texas-voting-absentee-doctor-note-coronavirus 10 comments politics
- No ID, No Vote: What's Happening in Texas. "In many cases, Texas failed these voters twice — first by requiring identification they did not have, and second by not training election officials to help them navigate the rules." http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/no-id-no-vote-whats-happening-texas 349 comments politics
- Latino Civil Rights Group Demands Inquiry Into Texas Voter Fraud Raids - The organization said many of those targeted by the raids, conducted by a unit created by the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, were Democratic leaders and election volunteers. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/us/texas-latinos-democrats-raids-paxton.html 31 comments politics
- Less than a year after being elected to lead the oldest state agency in Texas, Land Commissioner George P. Bush has dramatically remade the General Land Office by ousting a majority of its longtime leaders and replacing many of them with people with ties to his campaign and family. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/bush-reboot-of-land-office-has-campaign-family-6515179.php 17 comments politics