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Texas Democrats have railed against these GOP so-called election reform bills, deemed an emergency item this legislative session by Governor Greg Abbott, as a solution in search of a voting fraud problem. Voters line up outside Richardson City Hall for early voting Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in Richardson, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — With Texas Republican state lawmakers using their majority to push through “election integrity” bills, Democrats sought clarity Thursday on how the legislation would impose criminal penalties on election judges for obstructing poll watcher...

Democratic election lawyer of Steele dossier fame sanctioned by Texas court Jerry Dunleavy © Provided by Washington Examiner A top Democratic election lawyer was smacked with sanctions by Texas federal appeals judges for a “redundant and misleading submission” and for violating his ethical “duty of candor” to the court in a case in which the Democratic Party was fighting against a state law that banned straight-ticket voting. Marc Elias, a lawyer for Perkins Coie who is well known for his election fights during the 2020 contest and for hiring the opposition researc...

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 The Hays County Commissioners Court approved the creation of two new election precincts during its regular meeting Tuesday. The commissioners court is required to review county election precinct boundaries to keep them in compliance, according to the Texas Election Code, which allows a maximum number of registered voters per precinct of 5,000.  The elections administration office found two precincts between Driftwood and Wimberley to be approaching that maximum.  Precinct 333 which had approximately 4,111 registered voters and Precinct 449 which had around 4,755, not ...

iframe src "https://embed.hpm.io/393139/393138" style "height: 115px; width: 100%;" /iframe X Republican lawmakers have filed seven bills that would change voting access in Texas, including a law to limit the hours counties can keep ballot locations open during the state’s early voting period. State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, who authored the bills, argued they're necessary to force local governments to comply with the Texas Elections Code. “The seven bills themselves really represent my ideas to make sure that we have integrity in the voter roll as well as in the election s...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is ruling criminal suspects can't be convicted without being in court.