Dec 19, 2022 | Commentary
The Secretary of State’s office released its “Final Report on Audit of 2020 General Election in Texas.” Over the course of 359 pages, the report details “very serious issues” with Harris Co. and “two large problems” with Dallas Co.’s election administration while...
Oct 28, 2020 | Campaign News
Early voting, which continues its record-setting pace, concludes Friday. Through yesterday (Tuesday), the first-ever 15th day of early voting, 8.2M Texans – 48.3% of registered voters – have cast ballots in person (7.3M) or by mail (893K). Already, the number of...
Nov 3, 2018 | Campaign News
Friday was indeed a strong finale to early voting: nearly 465K people voted in person and by mail in the 15 counties with the most registered voters. That’s 30K fewer than on the last day in 2016 but otherwise higher than any other last day in history. It’s nearly...
Oct 29, 2018 | breaking-news, Political Climate
Early voting continues through Friday. Today (Monday) was Day 8. Through the first seven days, just under 3M people – 24.3% of registered voters – have cast ballots in person and by mail in the 30 counties with the most registered voters. Another 600K votes cast in...
Oct 27, 2017 | Campaign News
Early Voting continues for the November 6 general and constitutional amendment election through November 3. Turnout continues to be very light across most of the state. Redistricting: The state of Texas filed its formal appeal (PDF) with the U.S. Supreme Court of a...
Nov 22, 2016 | Straight-ticket Voting
At least in Collin Co., the so-called “Trump effect” was limited to Trump himself. Democrats gained some ground on Republicans in terms of straight-ticket voters, but full-ballot voters remained friendly to all Republicans not named Trump. All five House districts...
Jan 26, 2015 | Archived Updates
We sent this to our subscribers today: Attached please find our latest update (No. 84-03). Highlights include: Abbott sets Feb 17 date for SD26, HD17 and HD123 runoffs. Bell joins crowded field for Houston mayor. One man’s candidacy for mayor could lead to House...
