Voters in battleground Texas county face longer waits after GOP slashed polling places
Voters in a critical Texas swing county voted undeterred Tuesday despite Republicans slashing a third of the polling places, causing long lines in some locations.
Jen Rice
Jen reports on threats to democracy in states across the country. She previously covered elections and local government at the Houston Chronicle and at Houston’s NPR station. She loves voting early on Halloween.
Texas county ends ads encouraging minority voters, settling lawsuit
The Texas Attorney General’s Office forced an early end to outreach ads encouraging minority voters to cast ballots in the state’s most populous county.
‘Chaos and confusion’: Democrats move to oppose GOP lawsuit to block Texas election certification
Two national Democratic groups are asking to intervene in an 11th-hour Republican lawsuit to block Texas election certification unless every ballot in the state is hand-counted.
Texas sues state’s largest county for ads encouraging minority voters
The Texas Attorney General’s Office sued Harris County Thursday, accusing the state’s largest county of running a racially discriminatory “Get out the Vote” advertising campaign on social media targeted solely at minority voters.
Blue dots in red states brace for election interference with little help
Democratic states have prepared for months to fend off election interference from the Trump administration. But some of the toughest battlegrounds are blue cities in Republican states where local election workers know the governor or attorney general won’t be coming to their aid.
Sen. Padilla questions U.S. attorney over threat to ‘hunt down’ Texas voters
A U.S. senator is taking a federal prosecutor to task for his threat this week to “hunt down” Texas voters and local officials in the midterm election.
More Wisconsin voters shun mail ballots as early voting opens in swing state
Wisconsinites begin in-person early voting Tuesday, with early reports suggesting more people are skipping mail ballots this year in a state that has no grace period for late arrivals.
‘I will hunt you down’: U.S. attorney baselessly threatens voters as polls open in Texas
A top federal prosecutor in Texas began the first day of early voting with a stark message to voters and local officials: “If you violate federal election law, I will hunt you down and prosecute you. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. We’ll see you out at the polls.”
Texans head to the polls, putting Trump’s redistricting map to the test
One year after President Donald Trump kicked off an unprecedented redistricting war to gain five more GOP congressional seats in Texas, his plan now faces its greatest test: the voters.
Wisconsin offers new guidance to local officials on emerging election threats
Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission is sending out new advice to local officials for this year’s midterms, advising them on how to manage potential threats amid rising concerns about voter roll purges and federal law enforcement presence at the polls.
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