From Texastribune · · 1m
Texas voter records backlog grows
Texas election officials face new voter registration backlog as state error delays early voting records.
In brief
Texas election officials face new voter registration backlog as state error delays early voting records. Texas counties received 15,000 backlogged voter registration records from a state error that affects early voting preparations. Originally reported by Texastribune.
Texas voter records backlog
Texas county officials discovered another state error four days before early voting starts.
Affected records timeline
Address updates submitted through Texas.gov between Sept 1 and last week caused the backlog.
Record distribution
Fifteen thousand affected records sent to counties, with Bexar County receiving 3,000.
County impact
Travis County received 1,100 records, Williamson 700, and Hays County 400.
System issues
The TEAM system created a backlog that persists despite previous state error fixes.
County officials' concerns
Election officials say the state's unpredictability makes the system unsustainable for early voting.
Vendor issue
The error originated with Civix, the Louisiana-based vendor running the TEAM system.
Next steps
State officials will send corrected records to counties today to resolve the backlog.
The headline
Texas counties received 15,000 backlogged voter registration records from a state error that affects early voting preparations.
