The Texas Department of Public Safety failed to send an unknown number of voter registration applications to county election officials, creating a backlog that counties must process less than two weeks before the October 5 deadline to register for the November 3 election.
A federal judge has blocked enforcement of an Ohio law requiring residents to produce documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote at Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices, ruling it conflicts with the federal National Voter Registration Act.
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill announced that approximately 6,600 non-citizens were mistakenly registered to vote due to a software error at the DMV, with fewer than 400 casting improper ballots in recent elections.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin asked election officials in four states to check voter rolls for people who are not U.S. citizens, a day after President Trump renewed unsubstantiated claims about election vulnerabilities in a primetime address.
