State Error in Texas Creates Huge Backlog in Voter Registration Applications as Midterm Voting Nears
Officials said the missing applications were blocked by incomplete records, and counties will receive them in batches before the registration deadline.
- On Wednesday, the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed it is transmitting previously unsent voter registration applications to county officials after identifying incomplete records in its online portal system.
- Election officials discovered the issue last week after noticing a surge in older registration applications appearing in TEAM, the state's voter registration system, prompting an investigation into these historical records.
- To address the incomplete records, state elections director Christina Adkins requested vendor Civix to temporarily remove affected files from county dashboards while ensuring "modifications... to address this issue are not impacting daily files."
- Counties must now process the delayed registrations while avoiding overwriting newer updates, though those using third-party software face a more complex task than those working directly in TEAM.
- Voters affected by the error can still have their ballots counted if registered before the Oct. 5 deadline, said Alicia Pierce, a spokesperson for the secretary of state's office; those missing from rolls may cast provisional ballots.
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El Paso County Elections Department receives 12,000 voter records to process in statewide backlog
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) - The El Paso County Elections Department received about 12,000 records for processing after a technical error caused a major back log in voter registrations statewide. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) sent the records within the past 24 hours to voter registrars in counties across the state. According to
Error leads to backlog of tens of thousands of voter registration applications in Texas
Texas officials sent tens of thousands of delayed voter registration applications to county election officials this week after discovering an error, sparking a scramble to process them weeks out from the midterms.
A DPS error left applications unprocessed since October 2025 and counties run against time
Texas Has Huge Backlog in Voter Registration Applications
“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 Associated Press reports. “The problem, which officials in the Republican-controlled state have […]
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