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Two nights of voting in Houston, eight months apart, each occurring as midnight slipped by, lay bare the fault line cutting through Texas’ ongoing debate about voter suppression. First, the March 3, 2020, presidential primary. On the campus of Texas Southern University, a historically Black college, hundreds waited in a line that wrapped through a campus library and out into a courtyard for four hours, then five, then six after polls were supposed to close at 7 p.m. — the result of an unexpected surge of Democratic voters and a mismanagement of voting machines. Then in November, Hou...

Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Two nights of voting in Houston, eight months apart, each occurring as midnight slipped by, lay bare the fault line cutting through Texas’ ongoing debate about voter suppression. First, the March 3, 2020, presidential primary. On the campus of Texas Southern University, a historically Black college, hundreds waited in a line that wrapped through a campus library and out into a courtyard for four hours, then five, then six after ...

Texas Republicans say their proposed voting restrictions are color blind. But many see "Jim Crow in a tuxedo." Texas Tribune Tags:  Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Two nights of voting in Houston, eight months apart, each occurring as midnight slipped by, lay bare the fault line cutting through Texas’ ongoing debate about voter suppression. First, the March 3, 2020 presidential primary. On the campus of Texas Southern University, a historically Black college, hundreds w...

Political fight over GOP election bills intensifies in Texas with economic effects debated Chuck Lindell, Austin American-Statesman © Lindell, Chuck Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, speaking Tuesday at a Capitol news conference, denounced opponents of GOP election bills. The political fight over Republican election bills intensified Tuesday as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick summoned reporters to the Capitol to angrily denounce business leaders and others who oppose the legislation, saying they are spewing lies by accusing the GOP of a racist effort to suppress voting rights. At the same moment...