Texas Early Voting to Open With Record 19M Voters After State Missteps
Summary
Early voting in Texas will start soon with a record 19 million registered voters despite recent problems with voter record technology. Counties had to work quickly to fix delays caused by glitches in the voter registration system just days before the election.Key Facts
- Texas has 19,041,684 registered voters for the November 3 election, a 3% increase from last year.
- Technology problems caused delays in processing thousands of voter records in multiple counties.
- Harris County had about 2,400 voter records delayed due to a system glitch around October 15-16.
- Previous issues included a backlog of over 500,000 voter records linked to the Texas Department of Public Safety system.
- Election officials worked quickly to update voter files and verify registrations ahead of the deadline.
- Voters affected by processing delays can still cast provisional ballots that will be counted after verification.
- Texas is a key battleground state this election with close races for governor and U.S. Senate.
- Problems affected people updating their voter information, not new voter registrations.
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