Natalia Contreras
@nataliaecm.bsky.social
Texas elections reporter for Votebeat -- the only US news organization focused on voting access and election administration. Reach me at ncontreras@votebeat.org
The findings are just a small sample for now but election officials are questioning the reliability and accuracy of the data they’ve been given by the state #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/1...
Texas counties begin checking on voters flagged as ‘potential noncitizens’
Meanwhile, election officials are voicing concern about the reliability of the federal database that the state used to screen its voter rolls.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The findings are just a small sample for now but election officials are questioning the reliability and accuracy of the data they’ve been given by the state #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/1...
Still, the Oct. 6 voter registration deadline is coming up quickly for the November constitutional amendment election. For this story, I also talked to a concerned mom whose daughter's application was turned in in July and has yet to be fully processed. #txlege
September 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Still, the Oct. 6 voter registration deadline is coming up quickly for the November constitutional amendment election. For this story, I also talked to a concerned mom whose daughter's application was turned in in July and has yet to be fully processed. #txlege
The Texas Secretary of State said it anticipated some technical issues with this “once-in-a-decade upgrade.” State officials told election officials this month that many of the problems stem from county officials not knowing how to use the updated system. #txlege
September 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Texas Secretary of State said it anticipated some technical issues with this “once-in-a-decade upgrade.” State officials told election officials this month that many of the problems stem from county officials not knowing how to use the updated system. #txlege
Election officials told me that after TEAM was revamped in July, the problems began prolifirating: Voters’ previous addresses override their new ones, their voting precincts don’t populate correctly and often information doesn’t save at all. #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...
Texas counties struggle with state’s updated TEAM voter registration system
Says one election administrator: “One day it works and we can get stuff done, and the next day it doesn’t and nothing gets done.”
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September 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Election officials told me that after TEAM was revamped in July, the problems began prolifirating: Voters’ previous addresses override their new ones, their voting precincts don’t populate correctly and often information doesn’t save at all. #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...
Reposted by Natalia Contreras
County election officials in Texas have seen the effects anecdotally, they tell @nataliaecm.bsky.social “Unfortunately, the voters have to jump through so many hoops to get into that corrective-action loop, that they just get frustrated and they give up," one said. www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...
How Texas’ new ID laws for mail voting are affecting turnout
A new study from NYU’s Brennan Center looks at the impact of Senate Bill 1 on voter participation, including the rising “cost of voting.”
www.votebeat.org
May 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
County election officials in Texas have seen the effects anecdotally, they tell @nataliaecm.bsky.social “Unfortunately, the voters have to jump through so many hoops to get into that corrective-action loop, that they just get frustrated and they give up," one said. www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...