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Loon Star State: November 2024

by Ben Sargent

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Loon Star State: Ken Paxton’s Voting Police

by Ben Sargent

Loon Star State: ‘When You Assume…’

by Ben Sargent

Houston Mayoral Candidates Inspire Yawns As Run-Off Election Looms

by Malachi Key

Mar 28, 2019

Congressional Democrats are Investigating Texas’ Targeting of Naturalized Citizen Voters

A congressional oversight committee is probing acting Secretary of State David Whitley’s flawed voter purge, as well as allegations of voter suppression in two other states.

by Michael Barajas

Confederate Soldiers Mar 07, 2019

Republicans Push Back Against Making Election Day a Texas Holiday

Citing lost productivity, GOP lawmakers pounced on a bill that would make voting a little easier for state employees.

by Vicky Camarillo

rgv, voting Nov 06, 2018

In the Rio Grande Valley, New Citizens Turn Out to Vote for the First Time

A nonprofit in Brownsville is seeing more immigrants signing up for citizenship classes this year, and more exercising their new right to vote.

by Sophie Novack

Nov 01, 2018

Harris County Clerk Scrubs Soros Conspiracies from Site. Will Other GOP Leaders Follow Suit?

Under pressure, Republican Stan Stanart has dropped his anti-Semitic campaign pitch.

by Gus Bova

gerrymandering Jun 26, 2018

‘Dumbfounding’ Ruling on Texas’ Gerrymandered Maps Steers Supreme Court Away From Race

The ruling sets a nearly impossible standard for proving allegations of “discriminatory intent,” the only way left to rein in states that pass racist voting laws.

by Michael Barajas

Ken Paxton Sep 13, 2017

Supreme Court Decision Means 2018 Elections Could Use ‘Discriminatory’ Maps

The high court’s intervention raises the possibility that next year’s election may feature “intentionally discriminatory” congressional and state House districts.

by Michael Barajas

Nov 08, 2016

Voter ID: What It’s Like for the People Who Work the Polls

'Quite frankly, voter fraud to me is a false argument, in my experience and observation.'

by Naveena Sadasivam

Latonia Hill Nov 08, 2016

‘Fascism is America’s Biggest Enemy’: Election Day for Homeless Texans

by Gus Bova

Cypress voters have their reasons for standing behind Trump, even if Chris Hooks doesn't understand them. Nov 08, 2016

In Cypress, Trump Voters Have Their Reasons… Sort Of

Voters pick candidates for reasons you can’t even imagine, or no reason at all, writes Chris Hooks.

by Christopher Hooks

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