Texas AG Ken Paxton warns Bexar, Harris counties in letter over proposed voter registration form plans

[Bolo Boffin]

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/09/03/texas-ag-ken-paxton-warns-bexar-harris-counties-in-letter-over-proposed-voter-registration-form-plans/

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is warning Bexar and Harris counties commissioners about their proposed plans to mail voter registration forms to those he calls “unverified recipients.”

Commissioners in Bexar and Harris counties are considering using taxpayer funds to pay third-party vendors to mail voter registration forms to unregistered voters in their counties.

Paxton said the county commissioners would mail the forms without verifying whether the individuals are allowed to vote.

Paxton stated that the voter registration forms would inevitably go to people who aren’t verified to vote, like felons and undocumented immigrants. This might “encourage” them to register to vote, which is a crime.

Of course the mailings will emphasize all the rules about who can register and how. The people who register will still need to show their state-approved IDs when registering.

Hey, it's a new month! Have you verified your registration yet? Your county website or https://www.votetexas.gov/ will let you check your verification asap. October 7th is the last day to register for the November election!

[marble falls]

1. Voter intimidation much, Kenny? He picked the wrong two counties.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Texas AG Ken Paxton threatens to sue Bexar County over proposal to send voter registration forms by

[walkingman]

3. As a disgusted Texas....why do we continue to elect this SOB?

It says more about Texans than it does Paxton. Have the majority of Texans lost their damn minds?

[LeftInTX]

4. Civictech's data is mostly inaccurate. We've used them to find homes with "unregistered" voters.

I get mailers from them every election. We used their app in 2020. Their app "went out of business".


While it certainly is not illegal to do this, it is pretty much a waste of time and effort.

Here is their defunct voter registration app:

https://mapthe.vote/lander

As to why a tech company would leave up a defunct URL is beyond me.

https://directory.civictech.guide/listing/map-the-vote

https://web.archive.org/web/20220116052839/https://mapthe.vote/


Help your neighbors register to vote.

MapTheVote aggregates publicly available data and provides analysis on locations that are likely to have unregistered, eligible voters living at them. The map is a guide to help coordinate and improve voter registration around the country. It has been built primarily by volunteers from many organizations, and is funded by Register2Vote and its founders. MapTheVote doesn't expose any personal data — it's just a way for those who wish to register voters in their communities to more easily connect with potential voters.

Status: Inactive
Last Modified: 8/1/2023
Added on: 6/22/2021