Judge dismisses Texas attorney general's attempt to stop county from mailing registration forms to unregistered voters

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Source: CNN Politics

Published 4:48 PM EDT, Mon September 16, 2024


CNN — A district court judge in San Antonio ruled against the Texas attorney general’s attempt to stop one of the state’s biggest counties from mailing voter registration applications to a large number of unregistered voters. Judge Antonia Arteaga on Monday dismissed a temporary restraining order and a temporary injunction filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton as moot, since Bexar County had already mailed out the applications.

County commissioners approved a plan on September 3 to mail roughly 210,000 applications through a contract with an outside vendor. Paxton, a Republican, had warned of legal action if Bexar County moved forward with its plan to work with the vendor, Civic Government Solutions, and filed a lawsuit the next day.

The attorney general argued in his challenge that it was illegal for the county to arrange for the unsolicited, mass mailing of voter registration applications. But county officials felt confident they were on solid legal ground and moved forward with their plan. The applications were mailed by the end of last week, according to county officials.

“Our position from the very beginning was that the commissioners had every right to do what they did, and we are very pleased with the judge’s ruling today,” Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales told reporters after the hearing, according to CNN affiliate KABB.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/16/politics/ken-paxton-bexar-county-texas-voter-registration/index.html

[LeftInTX]

1. You know why? Paxton didn't show up last Monday, so the judge didn't implement the restraining order!

So, the next day the voter registration mailers were mailed out..LOL!!!!

Paxton shows up today and was told, "Sorry, you're a week late!"

I do have questions about those mailers because my son received one. But he's registered and lives in another county.

[riversedge]

2. I would hope the Judge still would have ruled that it was legal for County to mail

out the registration forms.

[LeftInTX]

4. The data is iffy...I work with some of this data and have worked with this company. I would have preferred that the

county did it, not an outside vendor. I don't think we're gonna get too many registrations out of this effort. My son just received a mailer from them. It's got errors, but we know better than to mail it in. If we mail it in, he could end up cancelling his current registration, which would not be good.

[summer_in_TX]

7. YIKES!

Hope others are not fooled!

[LiberalFighter]

11. Best move.

I would think if they worked with DMV voter registrations in old county would be cancelled. And current address would be confirmed if registered. If not registered then option would be offered.

[riversedge]

3. Paxton has filed a similar suit against Travis County, which includes Austin, as part of a large-scale effort by Republ

Fingers crossed that a Judge would rule this one is OK also.



Paxton has filed a similar suit against Travis County, which includes Austin, as part of a large-scale effort by Republican leaders in Texas against largely Democratic cities that are trying to make voting easier and more accessible.

His office also launched an election integrity unit in 2018 investigating allegations of voter fraud, but it has yielded few convictions.

[LeftInTX]

6. I'm sure Travis already mailed theirs out! Too late for Paxton! LOL

[GB_RN]

8. Election Integrity.

Pfft. The latest fucking Reichwing euphemism for voter suppression.

[ananda]

9. That's my county.

Luckily, I'm already registered and up-to-date.

[SilasSouleII]

10. My county as well

Bexar - pronounced Bear - county. San Antonio and surrounding communities. Just over 2 million residents.

[ananda]

12. Mine is Travis... in Austin. I go down to San Antonio...

for bridge tournaments occasionally.

Nice to know you, neighbor.

[walkingman]

5. The GOP knows that they will lose unless they restrict voting.

Just another version of Jim Crow and hopefully it will not work.

[onetexan]

14. Not crooked paxton is only targeting large Dems leaning counties

F'er is bent on suppressing Dems votes.

[riversedge]

15. #WeThePeople have to put in the work to make sure it does NOT work

[Akakoji]

13. Great News!

Now if we can get all the people to vote in record numbers we can't get rid of Cruz.