Elections

Data compiled by The Heritage Foundation – most known for being the architect of the controversial policy blueprint known as Project 2025 – shows that noncitizen voting isn’t widespread in Texas. That’s despite repeated warnings from the state’s Republican leaders that elections are vulnerable to this type of fraud.

You're not alone: More than 100,000 Travis County voters are on the "suspense" list.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has already sued Bexar and Travis Counties for sending out unsolicited voter registration applications. Harris County was considering a similar measure, but it’s run out of time to do so.

Dove-hunting season is underway and experts say hunting the bird is vital for wildlife conservation, KERA's Toluwani Osibamowo reports. And a group of Democratic state senators has asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate allegations of voting rights violations in Texas. Texas Public Radio's Marrian Navarro explains.

Frenship Independent School District is calling for a voter approved tax ratification election and bond election this November. Our reporter Samantha Larned has more on what the funding would go toward if approved. And with dangerous heat-conditions across the South Plains, volunteers will be distributing free fans for Lubbockites on Saturday.

Our reporter Samantha Larned reports on the demand for polling staff in Lubbock County ahead of November's general election. And Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider reports on the reversal of a decades’ old precedent that allows different racial and ethnic groups to form coalitions to seek legal remedies under the Voting Rights Act.

Lubbock’s first mayoral election runoff ends Saturday in a clear victory for District 3's former city council representative, Mark McBrayer, and Gordon Harris wins the race for District 2’s city council seat. And KERA's Toluwani Osibamowo reports the Texas Supreme Court will not weigh a Denton divorce case that questions whether IVF embryos are legally property or human children.

With a collective total of six years of city council experience across all seven members, McBrayer acknowledged that many challenges are expected in the following months.

Lubbock’s May 4 general election saw the District 2 city council and mayoral races go into runoffs. Early voting for the runoff is June 3 through June 11, election day is June 15. And the Texas Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a petition by a group of women. As KUT’s Olivia Aldridge reports, they were asking the state to clarify the medical exception to its abortion laws.

The highest voter participation for a May municipal election in twenty years—19%—ultimately rejected the proposition that would have decriminalized low-level marijuana possession in Lubbock city limits. The contest continues at the mayor’s seat, with District 3 city council representative Mark McBrayer and District 4 city council representative Steve Massengale moving to a runoff election on June 15.