The Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that the state attorney general does not have the authority to prosecute election fraud.
This week — Gov. Abbott backs a push for school choice legislation, the Texas GOP joins the legal effort to revisit a decision that neutered part of the election reform bill, and Republican candidate Wesley Hunt receives a national endorsement.
Catch up on the week's hottest stories in Texas politics with the reporting team at The Texan.
Attorney General Ken Paxton said the decision “diminishes our democracy and misconstrues the Texas Constitution.”
From clarifying when polling locations can be opened to clamping down on vote harvesting, here are some of the major provisions in the Texas election reform bill.
The Republicans’ election security bill went down in flames after Democrats walked out of the House as it was being considered.
After an initial arrest in October, Zul Mohamed has been indicted on 109 counts of election fraud.
After a long night of deliberation, the state House passed an amended version of the GOP priority election integrity bill.
The Democrats on the committee accused Chairman Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) and others of “silencing opposing viewpoints.”
The number of alleged election fraud offenses is still dwarfed by the number of votes cast in the most recent statewide elections.
Deer Park Republican Briscoe Cain made a parliamentary mistake that prevented the committee from hearing testimony on an election security bill.
Rep. Briscoe Cain and Sen. Bryan Hughes have introduced two different sweeping bills aimed at strengthening election integrity and curbing potential voter fraud.
