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The Texas secretary of state said she referred 33 potential noncitizen voters in the November 2024 election for investigation, after using a federal database to screen names.
Texas will no longer have a three-day gap between the end of early voting and Election Day under a bill that is heading to Gov. Greg Abbott.
Texas is slated to spend $51 billion on property tax cuts over the next two years. Some worry that’s unsustainable.
Fulshear residents have another chance to make their voices heard before the city welcomes a new City Council At-Large representative.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday for the local runoff elections, which include city council seats in North Texas's two largest cities.
Jones, a Democrat elected to the Texas House in 2022 and previously served on the Houston City Council, joins a slate of candidates running to fill the solidly blue seat.
Votebeat reports on concerns from Democratic lawmakers and Texas voters that a GOP-backed bill to require citizenship proof from voters could disenfranchise eligible Texans.
Early voting for the June 7 runoff election runs until June 3. Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin and Denton counties for most of that time. However, polls in Dallas, Denton and Collin counties will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on June 2 and June 3.
Ken Paxton sought more power for his office to take up election cases. But lawmakers haven’t agreed on a measure that would give it to him.
Collin County has local election runoffs, and many are fraught with controversy — including the race for McKinney mayor and Frisco city council.
A runoff election for an at-large seat on the Irving City Council has drawn a surge of political spending, including funds linked to a well-funded GOP donor network of West Texas oil and gas billionaires, according to final campaign finance disclosures filed ahead of the June 7 runoff.