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Tens of thousands of voter registration applications, some dating back at least a year, are caught in a backlog and have yet to be processed due to an error by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the leader of an association of county election officials said Wednesday. Texas Democrats, who are fiercely contesting key offices in closely watched races this year, are calling on Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, to investigate the problem, which was first reported by Votebeat. Natalia Contreras, Votebeat.
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Helping Election Official Associations Have an Impact
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By Joann Bautista and Will Adler
Bipartisan Policy Center
Election officials know what makes good election policy. That’s why the Bipartisan Policy Center has long seen them as essential to policymaking.
BPC’s Task Force on Elections, a geographically and politically diverse group of state and local election officials, has been working to improve election policy since 2019. Since early 2025, BPC’s Elections Project has pursued a complementary goal: helping state election official associations have more of an impact in their legislatures.
Many local election officials belong to their state’s association, which serves as a hub for information sharing across jurisdictions, training, mentorship, and legislative advocacy. Associations can shape laws that improve election administration and push back on proposals that would be impossible to implement or would otherwise harm voters. Poorly crafted policies (like unfunded mandates or ballot processing timelines that cannot be met) fuel burnout and turnover, contributing to uneven performance across jurisdictions and leaving election administration more exposed to misinformation and public rebuke. That’s why strong associations—with robust approaches to legislative engagement—are so important.
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