NEW: Texas counties receive subpoenas for voters’ records from the Department of Homeland Security #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...

Scoop from @nataliaecm.bsky.social: After hand-counting primary ballots, Republicans in Calhoun County, TX, failed to submit results to the county within 24 hours of polls closing, a violation of state law. www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...

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Texas reporter @nataliaecm.bsky.social went to Eastland County, Texas to watch Republicans hand count their primary ballots. The counting was still ongoing on Wednesday morning, more than 12 hours after polls closed. www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...

NEW: This week we learned Texas has agreed and submitted the state's entire voter roll to the DOJ. It includes voters' partial social security numbers and DLs. More on why this matters #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...

NEW: Texas flagged more than 2,000 potential noncitizens on the voter rolls for county officials to investigate, but hundreds registered at DPS and may have already shown proof of citizenship 🔗

NEW: Texas counties look into ‘potential noncitizens’ on voter rolls. Here’s what they’re finding: -US citizens -data entry errors (we don’t have online voter registration) -Registrations from DPS (the agency requires proof of citizenship) -Noncitizens who never voted #txlege

ICYMI: I've been reporting on problems with the state's overhaul of its voter registration system. Now, election officials, district clerks, county judges/commissioners, tax assessors are asking the state to halt the rollout and fix the problems first #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/1...

Efforts to hand-count ballots haven't ceased in Texas. Republicans in Dallas County want to try it. In Gillespie County, they'll do it again. In other counties, Republicans are considering it. By law, there's still no way to audit hand count results #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/1...

ICYM: I've been reporting on issues election officials are experiencing with the state's latest revamp of its voter registration system, known as TEAM. The issues have led to backlogs of tens of thousands of voter registration applications🧵 #txlege

County election officials in Texas have seen the effects anecdotally, they tell @nataliaecm.bsky.social “Unfortunately, the voters have to jump through so many hoops to get into that corrective-action loop, that they just get frustrated and they give up," one said. www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...

Redistricting could further burden election officials in Texas, @nataliaecm.bsky.social reports. "In a typical redistricting cycle year, the process of adapting to new maps is labor-intensive for election officials and takes months." www.texastribune.org/2025/08/08/t...

Wisconsin Senate will forgo a dedicated election committee https://www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/2025/01/07/wisconsin-senate-has-no-designated-election-committee/

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