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BaileyBill

(175 posts)
6. Texas Secretary of State...
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 08:12 PM
21 hrs ago

appears to have made a hash of the state voting apparatus. No one has even received current voter registration cards and early voting started last week--counties can't access accurate information.

Due to Republican hijinks, some counties are having to go back to precinct level voting rather than the county-wide voting available in the past, and due to the Trump/Abbott redistricting BS a lot of those precincts have changed, too. Just another obstacle.

Somebody seems to have been hired to revamp the SOS computer system, no doubt a DOGE refugee or Abbott's brother-in-law or Paxton's concubine. In other words, someone of Republican qualifications.

If you're still registered in Dallas County, you might reach out to the county party, there. The state party has a vote-by-mail program as well.

Sucks not to be counted, and it doesn't look like it's going to get easier soon.

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I'm voting in person from now on Tribetime 22 hrs ago #1
I voted by mail once... and I loved it! slightlv 21 hrs ago #4
I've been voting by mail since 2020 here in Michigan.... Jack Valentino 19 hrs ago #12
Same. ananda 19 hrs ago #14
Thank you for fighting back. Nt spooky3 22 hrs ago #2
Assuming of course that your ballot would get delivered. progressoid 22 hrs ago #3
Since they take photos of your mail before delivery... MaeScott 21 hrs ago #5
Texas Secretary of State... BaileyBill 21 hrs ago #6
Can you vote with a provisional ballot? Envirogal 20 hrs ago #7
When I lived in California, PatSeg 20 hrs ago #8
I get an application for a ballot iemanja 20 hrs ago #10
Do they automatically send you the application? PatSeg 19 hrs ago #13
Yes, if you've voted absentee before. iemanja 17 hrs ago #16
That is fairly similar to how California works PatSeg 7 hrs ago #22
I was caged in TX myself iemanja 20 hrs ago #9
I always get a vote by mail ticket.. I then physically go down to the Elections Office and physically hand it in... mitch96 20 hrs ago #11
I would if it were possible DFW 13 hrs ago #18
I have always wondered why the overseas voter tally is a non-topic. peacebuzzard 18 hrs ago #15
We Americans Abroad are a convenient group to ignore. DFW 12 hrs ago #19
That is a huge number. 5-9 million. The overseas US troop vote at one time peacebuzzard 10 hrs ago #20
My number didn't even include the military DFW 8 hrs ago #21
The SAVE Act is designed to hurt American living abroad LetMyPeopleVote 1 hr ago #24
Yeah, Texas is just about dead last in helping citizens vote. summer_in_TX 16 hrs ago #17
Thanks for the reminder Saoirse9 6 hrs ago #23
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