SA Express News: As GOP legislator ups claims about illegal voters, Harris County delays plan to boost registration

[Bolo Boffin]

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Commissioner Rodney Ellis, a Democrat, floated the idea this month of sending text messages to unregistered voters that would direct them to a registration application. He also suggested mailing the application to noncommercial addresses where voters aren't registered.

...In 2020, 10,000 people used the text program to register to vote, Caesar said.

Commissioners Court instructed the office of county administration to work with the tax assessor-collector's office to move forward with the plan.

However, state Sen. Paul Bettencourt and Commissioner Tom Ramsey, both Republicans, released statements on Monday criticizing the proposed outreach efforts, with Ramsey describing it as "another scheme to adversely affect voter outcome in the November election."

[LeftInTX]

1. Bexar County is gonna do this. Mixed feelings. It's the same group that sends out applications to me.

"You're not registered to vote"....I get one every election.


Oh well, our county commissioners will not be happy when they get notices that they aren't registered to vote. Civitech's data is inaccurate.