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Natalia Contreras

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Natalia Contreras

    Texas voter registration delays flagged months before notice (opens the original)

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    This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here. Six months before the Texas Department of Public Safety and Secretary of State’s Office were forced to send hundreds of thousands of backlogged voter registration records to local county officials, both agencies were warned that records were getting lost in DPS’s web portal. A state lawmaker flagged an issue

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Natalia Contreras and Colleen DeGuzman, VoteBeat

    Delayed voter applications highlight the difficulties of registering in Texas, experts say (opens the original)

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    This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. Texas’ backlog of at least 200,000 voter registration applications and updates, which election officials must now process in the weeks before the critical midterm elections due to state error, is hi

  3. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Natalia Contreras, Colleen DeGuzman

    Texas’ delayed voter applications highlight registration woes (opens the original)

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    This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here. Texas’ backlog of at least 200,000 voter registration applications and updates, which election officials must now process in the weeks before the critical midterm elections due to state error, is highlighting just how difficult it can be to register to vote in Texas, voting rights experts said. Texas is one o

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and Texas Tribune | Posted on September 25, 2026, 8:11 AM

    Key GOP lawmaker says state should have caught error that delayed at least 178,000 Texas voter registrations | Houston Public Media (opens the original)

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    This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas' free newsletters here. A key Texas Republican lawmaker says state officials must be held accountable for an error that led to a backlog of at least 178,000 voter registration applications from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Votebeat reported earlier this week that DPS failed to send counties thousands of voter registration

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Natalia Contreras, Colleen DeGuzman

    GOP official: Texas should have caught voter registration error (opens the original)

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    This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here. A key Texas Republican lawmaker says state officials must be held accountable for an error that led to a backlog of at least 178,000 voter registration applications from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Votebeat reported earlier this week that DPS failed to send counties thousands of voter registration

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