State: Texas
State Voter Registration Q&A: Texas
This document answers frequently asked questions on voter registration drives in Texas, including eligibility requirements, deadlines, application requirements, and rules governing voter registration drives in the state. Read more
Infographic: State Partisan Control: 2016
An infographic showing the partisan affiliation of officials who control election laws in each state, including governor's offices, legislatures, and secretary of state offices in 2016. Read more
New Study Confirms Worst Fear About Voter ID Laws
Project Vote has monitored voter ID legislation since 2007. At the time, there was little information on the impact of voter... Read more
Legislative Threats and Opportunities: Fall 2015
In latest edition of our Threats and Opportunities series, Erin Ferns Lee examines the status of important election bills—harmful and helpful—that were introduced in 2015. Read more
Texas Fails to Help Citizens Register to Vote Under Law
Today, a pre-litigation notice letter was sent to the Texas Secretary of State on behalf of a number of Texas citizens. Read more
Legislative Threats and Opportunities: Spring 2015
To date in 2015, lawmakers in 24 states have proposed at least 52 bills that threaten voting rights, while lawmakers in 36 states have proposed to improve election administration in some way... Read more
Voting Rights Proposals Could Affect 2016 Elections
Since January, lawmakers on the state and federal levels have introduced over 180 bills that would change state and federal voting laws. Read more
Battleground Texas: Inside the fight to turn the state blue
The massive growth of Texas’s Hispanic population is set to fundamentally reshape the state’s politics in the coming decades… Read more
Texas Voters Endure Hurdles to Obtain ID, Vote
Texas’ controversial voter ID law went into effect on Monday and has already raised some hackles about its discriminatory impact... Read more
Project Vote Pursues En Banc Hearing for Texas Voter Registration Case
Today, attorneys for Project Vote filed a petition for rehearing en banc in the case of Voting for America (a... Read more