Local Texas election officials clear voter registration backlog caused by state error

Gabriel V. Cárdenas for Votebeat

Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2026 6:35 pm

By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune (via Texas Tribune)

More than 500,000 voter applications were held up by an error in a Department of Public Safety software update.

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