Texas
Complete coverage for Texas can be found below. (Return to States List)
Information & Analysis
November, 2012
- Galveston Poll Hours Extended (11/06/12)
August, 2012
- Notice of Appeal to Supreme Court filed in Texas v. Holder (8/31/12)
- D.C. Court: Texas Voter ID Law Violates VRA (8/30/12)
- D.C. Court Denies Preclearance for Texas' Redistricting Plans (8/28/12)
June, 2009
November, 2008
- New TX Lawsuit re: Provisionals (11/12/08)
October, 2008
- Texas Democrats Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court (10/23/08)
May, 2008
Commentary
2010
- The Election of 1960 Fifty Years Later (11/08/10)
News Wire
Election law news from across the country concerning Texas
April, 2013
- House erupts in showdown on voter's rights (4/26/13)
- House Bill to Trim Early Voting is DOA (4/09/13)
- House members consider election law changes (4/08/13)
- Supreme Court rejects call to change voting district head counts (4/02/13)
February, 2013
- Mesquite legislator's bill targets absentee balloting by limiting trips to the mailbox (2/26/13)
- Texas redistricting appeal likely on hold at Supreme Court (2/19/13)
December, 2012
November, 2012
October, 2012
August, 2012
- Federal courts rejects Texas voter ID law, but state vows to win Supreme Court appeal (8/31/12)
- Texas voter ID law is blocked (8/30/12)
- Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory (8/29/12)
July, 2012
- Texas wants access to federal database of immigrants to check voter rolls (7/19/12)
- Testimony wraps up in Texas Voter ID law trial (7/13/12)
- Texas Voter ID faces its biggest trial (7/09/12)
June, 2012
- Dice Roll Decides Election in Texas Town (6/14/12)
- Hearing about election code dispute begins (6/13/12)
- Texas prepares for court over voter ID law (6/11/12)
April, 2012
- DOJ asks for trial delay in Texas Voter ID case (4/24/12)
- Justice: Evidence of bias in Texas voter ID law (4/12/12)
March, 2012
- Facts elusive in Texas voter ID fight (3/25/12)
- Feds reject Texas voter ID (3/12/12)
- Court sets May 29 primary election date (3/05/12)
February, 2012
- Federal Judges Approve Final Texas Redistricting Maps (2/29/12)
- Redistricting Maps by Saturday or Elections in June (2/28/12)
- Houston-based super PAC targets incumbents in both parties (2/27/12)
- Redistricting Experts Struggle to fix Maps, Elections (2/15/12)
- Federal Judge Rosemary Collyer leaving her mark on Texas with redistricting, Voter ID and gun cases (2/13/12)
- Judges reject latest redistricting proposal (2/07/12)
January, 2012
- Despite Supreme Court ruling, Texas congressional map still very uncertain (1/20/12)
- Justices’ Texas Redistricting Ruling Likely to Help G.O.P. (1/20/12)
- Texas electoral maps at issue before Supreme Court (1/09/12)
- Texas Case Could Lead to Changes in Voting Rights Act (1/06/12)
- Texas Primaries Await U.S. Supreme Court Ruling (1/04/12)
December, 2011
- U.S. opposes Texas election maps (12/29/11)
- Federal judges slam Texas’ redistricting formula (12/23/11)
- Court OKs deal; primaries will be on April 3 (12/17/11)
- Watchdogs file complaint over Perry ads (12/15/11)
- Court to Hear Texas Dispute on Drawing New Districts (12/10/11)
November, 2011
- Texas map tilts redistricting battle in Democrats’ favor (11/30/11)
- DOJ Tells State It Needs More Data on Voter ID (11/17/11)
- Texas redistricting's bumpy road (11/10/11)
- Texas Democrats Win Redistricting Battle (11/08/11)
- Texas asks court to OK redistricting plan despite complaints (11/03/11)
October, 2011
- DOJ: Texas redistricting maps discriminatory (10/28/11)
- Texas Secretary of State Responds to Feds on Voter ID (10/07/11)
September, 2011
June, 2011
- Political Fault Lines Emerge in the Redistricting Battle (6/03/11)
- Republicans Display Congressional Redistricting Map (6/01/11)
May, 2011
- Gov. Rick Perry to Sign Voter ID into Law (5/27/11)
- Possible Voting-day Complications Remain with Absentee Voting Change (5/26/11)
- Texas Passes Voter Photo ID Law (5/26/11)
- Congressional Redistricting is Going Nowhere in Texas Legislature (5/23/11)
- Passage of Voter ID bill stirs strong reaction, pro and con (5/18/11)
March, 2011
- Voter ID bill before House Committee (3/15/11)
January, 2011
November, 2010
June, 2010
- Texas Democrats keep fighting voter IDs despite idea's popularity (6/24/10)
- Electronic pollbooks latest in voting technology (6/16/10)
- Voter ID fight appears certain in Texas Legislature (6/15/10)
April, 2010
February, 2010
- Picture ID Required to Vote (2/28/10)
November, 2009
August, 2009
July, 2009
- Voter ID reasonable (7/06/09)
June, 2009
- Poll: Texans worried about economy, in favor of Voter ID (6/23/09)
- Signatures of dead Oak Cliff voter don't match up (6/11/09)
- Did A Dead Woman Vote In Last Month's Election? (6/04/09)
- Voter ID a Long, Slow Burn for Legislature (6/03/09)
May, 2009
- Voter ID fight took unexpected turns (5/31/09)
- Controversial Voter ID Bill stalled with split vote; Strauss may decide issue (5/28/09)
- Democrats look to stop voter ID bill (5/26/09)
- Straus criticizes Dems over voter ID (5/25/09)
- Could Voter ID be killed on a technicality? (5/24/09)
- Controversial voter ID bill threatens walkout at Texas Capitol (5/21/09)
- Dems press leadership over voter ID debate (5/20/09)
- Anti-voter fraud bill sails through Texas Senate (5/19/09)
- McCall confident voter ID legislation will reach House floor (5/18/09)
- Bill filed to improve absentee balloting by military (5/13/09)
- Voter ID bill clears Texas House committee (5/12/09)
- Voter ID bill faces uncertain future after clearing committee (5/12/09)
- Stalled voter ID plan shows struggle to find compromise on thorny issue (5/11/09)
- Voter ID -- Again (5/06/09)
- New voter ID proposal circulated in Legislature (5/06/09)
- Voter ID plan gets more strict in Texas House (5/06/09)
April, 2009
- Republican says Voter ID bill could get stricter (4/29/09)
- Voter ID Compromise Circulates on House Floor (4/29/09)
- House GOP Caucus: Texas Must Have Voter ID Law (4/28/09)
- Photo ID prospects not exactly picture perfect (4/24/09)
- Euless rep says voter ID bill will prevent fraud, boost voter participation (4/23/09)
- Judges to hear Texas Democrats' e-voting suit against Dallas County (4/23/09)
- Legislature '09: Democrats face balancing act on voter ID bill (4/20/09)
- Voter discrimination law debate rages (4/18/09)
- Feds: Voter ID must undergo review (4/16/09)
- County considers backing all electronic voting (4/15/09)
- Austin case against voter discrimination law goes to Supreme Court (4/12/09)
- Texas legislator apologizes for remarks (4/11/09)
- Among DOJ Allegations: County Election Workers Didn’t Let Some Citizens Cast Provisional Ballots (4/10/09)
- County's voting rights complaint settled (4/09/09)
- Few voter ID fraud cases found in Texas (4/08/09)
- Impassioned testimony over voter ID (4/07/09)
- Partisan split on display at voter ID hearing in Texas Legislature (4/07/09)
- Roaring debate over voter-ID law hits state House this week (4/06/09)
- Heflin crafts kinder, gentler Voter ID bill (4/05/09)
- Sex offender was poll worker at elementary schools (4/04/09)
- County Adopts Plastic Ballots (4/02/09)
March, 2009
- Editorial: Voter ID’s middle ground (3/31/09)
- Fort Bend County, Justice Department May Be Close To Voting Rights-related Settlement (3/30/09)
- Republican seeks to delay on new voter ID rules (3/27/09)
- A Showdown on Voting Rights (3/27/09)
- Early voting totals pass '07 results (3/20/09)
- Perdue joins Texas in voting rights case (3/19/09)
- Voter ID bill stirs strong emotions in Lubbock (3/19/09)
- Rep. Hopson co-authors 2 bills on voter ID (3/18/09)
- Democrats question need for voter ID; senators conceding approval (3/17/09)
- Voter ID legislation clears major Senate hurdle (3/17/09)
- Victory on voter ID may cost GOP Latino support (3/16/09)
- Voter ID measure set to head to House (3/16/09)
- Voter ID bill might be delayed (3/16/09)
- Texas Senate committee approves voter ID bill, will face tougher test in House (3/12/09)
- Voter-ID debate soon shifting to the state House (3/12/09)
- Texas Senate sharply debates voter ID bill (3/11/09)
- Democrats decry voter ID bill ahead of hearing today (3/10/09)
- Abbott, U.S. Justice Department not expected at Senate debate on voter ID (3/10/09)
- Texas lawmakers in showdown over voter ID law (3/10/09)
- State senators grapple over voter ID law (3/10/09)
- Slater: Abbott's absence in voter ID debate is conspicuous (3/10/09)
- Senate could take first big vote on bill today (3/09/09)
- Voter ID fights takes new shape at Capitol (3/09/09)
- Suppressing Your Vote in Texas (3/05/09)
- Senator wants feds to intervene in Voter ID debate (3/04/09)
- Dewhurst: Voter ID compromise hoped for (3/02/09)
- Letters: Two of our readers clash over the voter ID bill percolating in the Texas Legislature (3/01/09)
February, 2009
- Partisan fight looms over voter ID bill (2/27/09)
- Bill would allow 17-year-old Texans to vote in primaries (2/22/09)
- EDITORIAL: Voter ID legislation innocuous at best, politically malevolent at worst (2/19/09)
- Sen. Williams: Voter ID measure won’t come up all that soon (2/18/09)
- Federal voting rights trial set to begin in Irving (2/17/09)
- Voter ID Bill Referred to Full Senate (2/17/09)
- Voter settles for $4,000 (2/11/09)
- Austin developer, corporations, indicted in election law case (2/10/09)
January, 2009
- Eye on Austin: Voter ID bill causes big rift (1/26/09)
- Texas judge rejects lawsuit questioning President Obama’s citizenship (1/22/09)
December, 2008
- Dewhurst trying to work out a deal to get voter ID bill passed (12/15/08)
- Voting mix-up cited in provisional ballot fight in state House race (12/11/08)
- Democrats back off in voting dispute; (12/09/08)
- Early voting begins for District 17 runoff between Bell, Huffman (12/08/08)
- Dallas County Hires Outside Attorneys for Recount Lawsuit (12/02/08)
October, 2008
September, 2008
- Barr loses bid to keep Obama, McCain off Texas ballot (9/23/08)
- Opinion: Voter registration could offer ID thieves opportunity to steal personal information (9/12/08)
- Critics worry voter ID proposal would disenfranchise citizens (9/05/08)
- Felons not necessarily barred from voting (9/04/08)
August, 2008
- BBB Warns Of Latest Voter Registration Scams (8/27/08)
- Local group against electronic voting machines (8/26/08)
- Residents urge county to dump voting machines (8/26/08)
- Voter ID theft in America (8/22/08)
- ACORN planting voter registrars in certain areas (8/18/08)
July, 2008
- Testimony Resumes in Ballot Dispute Lawsuit (7/29/08)
- Judge Hears Ballot Dispute (7/28/08)
- DA to review voting case (7/27/08)
- County to look at change in early voting location (7/26/08)
- Primary challenge cost about $120,000 (7/17/08)
Litigation
Active Cases
- Davis v. Perry (Redistricting, Vote Dillution)
- LULAC v. Harris County (Voter Registration, Voting Rights Act)
- Perez v. Texas (Redistricting, Vote Dillution)
- Texas v. Holder (Voting Rights Act, Voter ID)
- Texas v. United States (Redistricting)
- Voting for America v. Andrade (State Voter Registration Databases, Voter Registration)
Archived Cases
- League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (Redistricting)
- LULAC of Texas v. State of Texas (Selection of Presidential Electors, Vote Dillution)
- Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Gonzales (Voting Rights Act)
- Ray v. State of Texas (Absentee Ballots)
- Texas Democratic Party v. Dallas County (Voting Rights Act, Voting Technology, Voting Technology)
- Texas Democratic Party v. Vasquez (Provisional Ballots)
- Texas Democratic Party v. Williams (Voting Technology)
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Commentary
Silence of the Lambs
Dale A. Oesterle
With the election of 2012 now well over and past the second inauguration of the incumbent President, the historical analysis of the events has begun and will last as long as written human history lasts. An interesting tidbit may already be lost to the majesty of the moment.
The voters of three very different states, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all had an opportunity to call state constitutional conventions. In each state the voters turned the opportunity down by very similar votes, 68%, 64% and 68% respectively against.
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