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While reviewing it, volunteer deputy registrar Alex Flucke realized the voter had made a mistake on the street address. But the voter did not leave a phone number. In a case like this, election ...
Some people who filled out forms find out too late that they never made it onto the rolls. State lawmakers have resisted efforts to expand online options.
A person from an organization registering people to vote would be a volunteer deputy registrar who is not allowed to “determine if the applicant is actually qualified to register to vote ...
In July 2022, Texas prosecuted a volunteer deputy registrar for voter fraud in connection with ballot harvesting. [29] The registrar came under scrutiny after it was discovered that about 275 people in a rural town of 2,500 registered to vote using the same mailing address for a 2018 utility board election. [30]
Murphy, however, said the law prevents deputy registrars from using the excuse of "I didn't know I couldn't do that" should they violate safeguards in signing up new voters. [22] Battleground Texas supported Wendy Davis's gubernatorial candidacy, and the 2014 gubernatorial race was considered by some to be the first test of the organization. [23]
Waller County's tax assessor and voter registrar prohibited students from voting unless they or their families owned property in the county. This practice was ended by a three-judge court in 1979. In 1992, a county prosecutor indicted PVAMU students for illegally voting, but dropped the charges after receiving a protest from the DOJ.
The volunteer deputy registrar preferred to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation from the AG’s Office, which he credited with the sudden prohibition of registrations outside DPS buildings.
Daniel Taylor, a volunteer deputy registrar from Fort Worth who volunteers for Battleground Texas, called O’Hare a “sore loser” and accused him of voter suppression.