SB 1

Though more Bexar County voters voted by mail in the May 7 election than had in the Mar. 1 primary, the preliminary mail ballot rejection rate of 3% was far lower than the 21.7% that left thousands of ballots uncounted two months earlier.

For the May 7 election, every mail ballot is sent out with an informational insert reminding the voter about a new, ID number requirement that tripped up many people in the March 1 Primary elections.

Two of three candidates in the Texas Senate District 27 Republican primary race took part in a forum hosted by the citizen group Futuro RGV on Jan. 19.

The U.S. Department of Justice claims the Texas law contains several provisions that "will disenfranchise eligible Texas citizens who seek to exercise their right to vote."

A little-known provision within the new Texas election law will require 24-hour surveillance cameras to be used whenever paper ballots are being tallied in counties with populations of 100,000 people or more, like Bexar County. Taxpayers will have to bear the cost of the new equipment, officials say.

Texas has officially joined the slate of Republican states that have enacted new voting restrictions following the 2020 election.

SB 1 makes up Republicans’ third attempt to pass a far-reaching law that restricts how and when voters cast ballots. It takes particular aim at voting initiatives used in diverse, Democratic Harris County in the 2020 election.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he would sign into law on Tuesday the contentious voting restrictions passed by Republicans after a Democrat-led quorum break this summer.

Harris County joined a coalition of community and advocacy groups filing lawsuits over Senate Bill 1, arguing the far-reaching rewrite of Texas voting laws violates the U.S. Constitution and numerous federal laws and will suppress voters.

Senate Bill 1 rewrites state election laws to further restrict voting by mail and outlaw local voting initiatives meant to widen access.

Senate Bill 1 rewrites Texas election laws to further restrict the voting-by-mail process and outlaw local voting initiatives meant to widen access, namely those pushed by Harris County that were disproportionately used by voters of color.

A wave of changes to Texas elections, including new voting restrictions, are headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. Three months after House Democrats first broke...

Special sessions that are called to adopt specific desired results demonstrate a failure in state leadership. Election reform should not be ramrodded through the process when our fundamental right to vote in Texas is at stake. Legislators are not listening to what voters truly want.

On Saturday, the Texas House Select Committee on Constitutional Rights & Remedies will hear public testimony on HB 3, the elections bill.

The bills being considered by the state House and Senate omit two of the most controversial provisions from the original measure.

With the Texas Legislature gaveled back in for legislative overtime, the House and Senate have each revealed their opening bids in the GOP’s push to...

Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 3 will be the starting points for the Legislature's efforts to tighten Texas voting laws. Here's what the bills would do.

With the gas tax set to increase again July 1, the campaign to fix roads and bridges is again stirring contention.