Among the bills before lawmakers this year that could affect several counties are...
, the Legislature's overhaul of election laws that provoked Democratic lawmakers to walk out, fleeing to Washington, D.C. before ultimately returning and allowing the legislation to pass.
This year, GOP lawmakers have their eye on Harris County's elections administrator's office, created by Commissioners Court in 2020 and helmed by an appointed official, rather than the elected county clerk and tax assessor-collector. More than half of Texas' 254 counties have appointed elections administrators, including several of the most populous counties, such as Bexar, Tarrant, Dallas and Collin.
Republicans are pushing legislation forward based on their argument that Harris County officials deliberately created ballot paper shortages in the November election at polling locations in strongly Republican neighborhoods, turning away so many GOP voters that Republican candidates lost elections they otherwise would have won.No, 121 Harris County polling places did not run out of ballot paper. Blame misleading messaging.
Among the bills before lawmakers this year that could affect several counties are measures that would abolish countywide polling, prohibit polling places at public schools and college campuses, and allow the Texas Secretary of State's office to withhold some state funding if counties fail to comply with voter registration laws.
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