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State error in Texas creates huge backlog in voter registration applications as midterm voting nears

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Texas county election offices are working through a significant backlog of voter registration applications caused by a state-level error. This delay occurs as officials prepare for upcoming midterm elections. The issue affects counties across the state.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — County election offices throughout Texas are scrambling to process a massive backlog of voter registration applications stemming from an error at the state level, a headache that is hitting just as they are preparing for voting to begin in the midterm elections. The problem, which officials in the Republican-controlled state have […]

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