It is no secret that Texas has a long history of low voter turnout, and voter suppression tactics that have long kept many marginalized communities, particularly Latinos, from participating in civic engagement. The 2016 election was a wakeup call for all of us. We are experiencing what happens when democracy is taken for granted, and […]Read More
There are more votes than ever to count in Texas this year: A record-breaking 9.7 million people cast ballots during Texas’ early voting period — 8.7 million of those were cast in person, and nearly 1 million sent through the mail. By the time Election Day comes and goes, experts predict that the total Texas […]Read More
This week, I am talking about the Covid spiking numbers and then checking out the two Congressional Districts that bookend El Paso: New Mexico Congressional District 2 to our West and then Texas Congressional District 23 to our East. TIMESTAMPS: first 17 minutes: Covid talks 17:40 – New Mexico CD 2 – debate briefly […]Read More
If the folks in charge wanted everybody in Texas to vote, they would remove every real and imagined obstacle to voting. They do not. They are not. That makes perverse sense: It’s unreasonable to expect elected officials to change the system that got them elected. If you’re winning a game every time, you probably don’t […]Read More
Texans who want to vote in the upcoming Texas primary runoff election have until Monday, to register. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delayed the upcoming primary runoffs from May to July after the coronavirus pandemic hit the state of Texas. Voters participating in the Democratic primary will decide the outcome in two statewide races. Most notably, […]Read More
Your one stop shop for ballots, info, and results. Please refresh the page in order to load the latest data. **Note: due to the number of races, data and visitors – page loading time may be a bit delayed!** Election Day results will be available after the polls close at 7 p.m. Election officials release the […]Read More
Texas will hold its 2020 primary elections March 3 — it’s one of 14 states to participate in Super Tuesday — and hundreds of candidates across the state have filed to run for public office. Here’s all of the candidates who have filed for the Democratic and Republican primary elections, according to the Secretary of State. […]Read More
Want to play parlor games? Texas candidates who want to run in 2020 don’t have to declare their plans for another couple of months, leaving time for all sorts of crazy twists and turns before the election ballots are set. Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. is the filing deadline for 2020 candidates in Texas. Here’s […]Read More
If the political conversation one year from now is what it is today, every candidate on the ballot — from the people seeking the presidency to the people running for local school boards — is going to have to take a position on impeachment. And if the storyline has changed by then, it will be […]Read More
The next presidential election may be more than a year away, but groups working to get young people in the state civically engaged have been beefing up their operations for a while now. One of those groups, MOVE Texas, has experienced a massive growth in staff, organizers and investments. “Our budget has increased something near […]Read More
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