How Voting and Elections Will Change in Texas Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Throughout the 2021 Texas legislative session, Republicans have cleared the way to limit how and when voters can cast ballots — pushing legislation that tightens the state’s voting rules and raises barriers for groups Texas’ voting rules have long marginalized. What do these changes mean for voting and elections in Texas? Join The Texas Tribune at noon Central time May 24 for a conversation with Heider Garcia, Tarrant County’s elections administrator, and Isabel Longoria, Harris County’s elections administrator. Tribune Demographics Reporter Alexa Ura will moderate.