Texas Democratic Party Statement on DPS Voter Registration Failures

“The timing of this latest ‘error’ is deeply concerning. With Texas Democrats increasingly competitive in races across the state and polls showing a genuinely competitive November election, Texans deserve to know exactly how and why voter registration applications were left unprocessed until less than two weeks before the registration deadline.

This is not the first warning sign. The Secretary of State’s voter registration system has faced documented problems for months, including failures affecting voter searches and election reports. Now, we are learning that an unknown number of voter registration applications were never sent to county officials because of incomplete records. At a minimum, the Secretary of State and DPS must immediately disclose how many voters were affected, when the failure began, why it happened, and what safeguards are being put in place to ensure it cannot happen again.” 

Terri Burke, Texas Democratic Party Executive Director