Paying little attention to the heat advisory or soaring temperatures in Houston, hundreds showed up to hear former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke speak about voting and voting rights on Sunday. Much of the rally focused on the defeat of Senate Bill 7, the...
A public hearing over House Bill 6, one of the most suppressive election-related bills this session, ended abruptly Thursday after Elections Committee Chair and bill author Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) screwed up a procedural rule. Cain called a recess without...
In a recent Texas Monthly piece about Art Acevedo’s decision to jettison the Houston Police Department for the allure of being Miami’s top cop, Mimi Swartz dropped an observation that raised my eyebrows. Acevedo, long rumored to be interested in becoming Mayor of...
Protesters gathered outside state Sen. Paul Bettencourt’s Houston area office on Monday to protest the arrival of Gov. Greg Abbott at a press conference backing GOP legislation that would prevent local counties from expanding voting methods. “Whether it’s the...
The Texas Supreme Court ruled Wednesday against an effort by Harris County to send more than 2 million mail ballot applications to voters. The move would have gotten more mail ballots in the hands of eligible voters in the state’s most populated county amid the...
