Texas Counties Face Voter Backlog of Tens of Thousands Before Oct. 5 Registration Deadline
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 24
Texas Counties Face Voter Backlog of Tens of Thousands Before Oct. 5 Registration Deadline
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 24
Summary
Texas election offices across all 254 counties were hit with a surge of delayed online voter-registration applications, with some counties receiving several hundred to tens of thousands of records.
A state error routed the backlog through the Texas Department of Public Safety, and some submissions now arriving date back to October 2025, according to county election officials.
Oct. 5 is the deadline for Texans to register for the midterms, while counties must process applications before early in-person voting begins Oct. 19.
The Texas Association of County Election Officials said Republican state leaders have not yet addressed the scale of the problem or whether it could disenfranchise voters in competitive races for U.S. Senate and governor.