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In 2021, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued an 8–1 decision, holding that the Texas Attorney General does not have unilateral authority to prosecute election code violations. [25] All three incumbent Judges up for re-election were part of the majority decision.
Texas has two uniform election dates, the first Saturday in May, and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. [ 7 ] As of 2024, 99.5 percent of registered voters in Texas are in jurisdictions using voting methods with some form of auditable paper ballot , an established best practice for recounts and audits. [ 8 ]
The Texas Republican primary was held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Former president Donald Trump easily won the state and all of its delegates against Nikki Haley, who remained his only major opposition. Trump received the endorsements of U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, as well as Texas governor Greg Abbott, in his primary campaign.
The 2024 election season is underway and deadlines and election dates are approaching quickly. Read on and prepare for important dates, times and locations for the 2024 primary and general elections.
The deadline to register to vote in the March primary is Monday. Offices up for grabs this year include president, U.S. senate and U.S. House.
Election Day. The Texas presidential and state primaries will be held on Super Tuesday, March 5. All polls close at 7 p.m. local time, but Texas is located in both the central and mountain time zones.
All of the states' executive offices were up for election, as well as all seats of the Texas Legislature and all 38 seats in the United States House of Representatives, an additional two of which were apportioned to the state following the 2020 redistricting cycle based on data from the 2020 census.
Texas Democratic and Republican voters will pick their nominees for president, a U.S. Senate seat, 15 state Senate offices, all 150 state House seats, and an array of federal, state and local ...