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On Wednesday, Nov. 2, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an amicus brief in a case challenging Texas’ “wet signature” law, which requires voters to sign their names with pen on paper, rather than electronically, when registering to vote.
On Wednesday, Oct. 26, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s opinion that struck down strict residency requirements for voter registration in Texas’ Senate Bill 1111, thereby reinstating the law in full.
On Thursday, Oct. 20, three Harris County officials sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting federal monitors for the upcoming elections.
On Monday, Oct. 10, a judge ordered Bexar County, Texas, to operate a minimum of 388 polling locations on Election Day this November — 129 more locations than the county had initially planned.
On Thursday, Oct. 6, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging multiple provisions of voter suppression law Senate Bill 1111, which imposes strict residency requirements on voters.
On Tuesday, Oct. 4, the Texas Organizing Project filed a lawsuit challenging the Bexar County Elections Department’s decision to close numerous polling locations for the upcoming 2022 midterm elections.
On Thursday, Sept. 29, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s Aug. 2 decision ordering Texas Secretary of State John Scott (R) to produce documents pertaining to the state’s voter purge program.
On Tuesday, Sept. 27, the Brazos County Commissioner’s Court took no action to reopen an on-campus early voting location at Texas A&M University.
As reported in the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, election workers in Gillespie County, Texas have resigned after threats, stalking and overwhelming pressure.
On Tuesday, Aug. 2, a federal court in Texas ordered Texas Secretary of State John Scott (R) to produce documents pertaining to the state’s voter purge program, which flags registered voters as potential noncitizens, risking these voters’ registration status.