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Tetra Images/Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- A federal trial is unfolding over whether a 2021 voting rights law in the state violates the U.S. Constitution. The suit -- brought on behalf of La Union del Pueblo, or LUPE, and other groups -- argues that certain provisions of Texas Senate Bill 1 have made voting more difficult, especially for less-educated, non-English-speaking and disabled populations in need of voting assistance. The trial began on Sept. 11 and is expected to continue for the next few weeks. S.B. 1 further empowers partisan poll watchers and further enhances ID requirements for votin...

Tetra Images/Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- A federal trial is unfolding over whether a 2021 voting rights law in the state violates the U.S. Constitution. The suit -- brought on behalf of La Union del Pueblo, or LUPE, and other groups -- argues that certai...

Unless a judge intervenes, Harris County is expected to dissolve its elections administration office later this year. The duties of running elections will once again be split between the county’s tax assessor and clerk.

Early voting, which ended on May 2, had a little over 17,000 voters in Harris County.