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Paxton opposes Hotze mandamus to curb early voting

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

From Reform Austin: In a brief filed with the Texas Supreme Court, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argues that the GOP group suing Gov. Greg Abbott to prevent him from extending early voting for the November election has no standing … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020, Legal matters | Tagged absentee ballots, Allen West, Bill Zedler, Bryan Slaton, Cecil Bell, Charles Perry, Chris Hollins, coronavirus, Dan Flynn, drop off boxes, early voting, Election 2020, Election 2022, emergency powers, Governor, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Jared Woodfill, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Matt Rinaldi, Molly White, Pat Fallon, primaries, Reliant Arena, Republican Party, Rick Green, Secretary of State, Sharon Hemphill, special session, Steve Toth, Steven Hotze, Supreme Court, Texas, The Lege, voter suppression | 6 Comments

Hotze and crew appeal to SCOTX to stop the extra week of early voting

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Here we go again. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is facing a lawsuit over his extension of early voting for the November election from prominent members of his own party — including state party Chairman Allen West, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020, Legal matters | Tagged Allen West, Bill Zedler, Bryan Slaton, Cecil Bell, Charles Perry, coronavirus, Dan Flynn, Donna Campbell, early voting, Election 2020, Election 2022, emergency powers, Governor, Greg Abbott, Jared Woodfill, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Matt Rinaldi, Molly White, Pat Fallon, primaries, Republican Party, Rick Green, Secretary of State, Sharon Hemphill, special session, Steve Toth, Steven Hotze, Supreme Court, Texas, The Lege, voter suppression | 9 Comments

Harris County preps to print mail ballots

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

How many they have to print remains an open question at this time. For the first time, Harris County will pay a third-party vendor to print mail ballots, a move intended to help the county clerk handle what is expected … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, absentee ballots, Attorney General, Chris Hollins, coronavirus, Election 2020, Harris County, Harris County Attorney, Harris County Clerk, Ken Paxton, Martin Siegel, primaries, runoff, Secretary of State, Supreme Court, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

A word about mail ballot drop boxes

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

I learned something in this story. Travis County voters nervous about delays with the post office will be able to hand-deliver mail-in ballots or drop them off at drive-thru sites this fall, County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir said Tuesday. “If they … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, coronavirus, Dana DeBeauvoir, drop off boxes, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Harris County, primaries, runoff, Texas, Travis County, turnout, US Postal Service | 1 Comment

Recount ends in CD23

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

The Republicans finally have a candidate to defend their most vulnerable Congressional seat in Texas. The recount of the Republican primary runoff for the national battleground seat of retiring U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, has reached an end, and Tony … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2023 | Tagged CD23, Congress, Donald Trump, Gina Ortiz Jones, primaries, Raul Reyes, recount, runoff, Ted Cruz, Texas, Tony Gonzales | Comments Off

Harris County to join TDP lawsuit over vote by mail

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

They do lots of stuff at Commissioners Court. Harris County Commissioners Court voted on Tuesday to join a lawsuit by Texas Democrats suing Gov. Greg Abbott to expand vote-by-mail in Texas. The Democratic-led commissioners court voted 3-2 to join the … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged absentee ballots, Commissioners Court, coronavirus, Election 2020, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Harris County, lawsuit, primaries, runoff, TDP, Texas | 1 Comment

Once again with female Congressional candidates

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

This is another post that was drafted in the Before Times, specifically right after the March primary. I went through the runoffs and assessed all of the races that could or would contain a female candidate or incumbent against a … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Adrienne Bell, Beth van Duyne, Candace Valenzuela, Carol Ianuzzi, Carolyn Salter, CD02, CD03, CD05, CD07, CD08, CD12, CD14, CD15, CD16, CD17, CD18, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD25, CD26, CD28, CD29, CD30, CD31, CD32, CD35, Christine Eady Mann, Colin Allred, Congress, Democratic primary, Donna Imam, Eddie Berniece Johnson, Election 2018, Election 2020, Elisa Cardnell, Elizabeth Hernandez, Genevieve Collins, Gina Ortiz Jones, Irene Armandariz-Jackson, Jaimy Blanco, Jenny Garcia Sharon, Julie Oliver, Kathaleen Wall, Kay Granger, Kim Olson, Lisa Welch, Lizzie FLetcher, Lulu Seikaly, Monica de la Cruz-Hernandez, Pete Sessions, primaries, Renee Swann, runoff, Sandra Whitten, Sheila Jackson Lee, Sima Ladjevardian, Sylvia Garcia, Texas, Troy Nehls, Veronica Escobar, Wendy Davis | Comments Off

July 2020 campaign finance reports: State races, part 2

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s move on to finance reports from the State House, which I will break up into two parts. Today’s look is on the various races in the greater Houston area, and after that I’ll look at the other races of … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Akilah Bacy, Ann Johnson, Brazoria County, Brian Rogers, campaign finance reports, Cecil Bell, Cody Vasut, Dennis Bonnen, Dennis Paul, Ed Thompson, Election 2018, Election 2020, Elizabeth Markowitz, Fort Bend County, fundraising, Gary Gates, Gina Calanni, Greg Bonnen, Harris County, HD03, HD126, HD129, HD132, HD133, HD134, HD135, HD138, HD15, HD23, HD24, HD25, HD26, HD28, HD29, HD85, Jeff Antonelli, Jim Murphy, Joey Cardenas, Jon Rosenthal, Justin Ray, Kayla Alix, Lacey Hull, Lorena McGill, Martin Shupp, Matt Morgan, Mayes Middleton, Mike Schofield, Montgomery County, Natali Hurtado, Patrick Henry, Phil Stephenson, primaries, runoff, Sam Harless, Sandra Moore, Sarah Davis, Sarah DeMerchant, Steve Toth, Texas, The Lege, Travis Boldt | 2 Comments

Recount requested in CD23 Republican runoff

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

This race is still unsettled. Raul Reyes announced Friday night that he will seek a recount in the razor-thin Republican primary runoff to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, in his national battleground district. Reyes’ announcement came after the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged CD23, Congress, Gina Ortiz Jones, primaries, Raul Reyes, recount, runoff, Texas, Tony Gonzales | Comments Off

County Clerk touts curbside voting, asks for more early voting

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: On Friday, July 10, the last day of Early Voting during the July Primary Runoff Elections, the Harris County Clerk’s Office piloted Drive-Thru Voting as an additional option for voters to cast their ballot safely in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Chris Hollins, coronavirus, curbside voting, early voting, Election 2020, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, primaries, runoff, Texas | 4 Comments

Some brief runoff thoughts

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

You know the drill here… – The Election Night Results page at the SOS shows 955,735 votes total in the Democratic Senate runoff. That number is likely to increase a bit over the next few days, as we’ll see shortly. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, CD23, Congress, coronavirus, Democratic primary, Early Voting Ballot Board, Election 1990, Election 2020, face masks, MJ Hegar, primaries, recount, Royce West, runoff, Secretary of State, Senate, Texas, turnout | Comments Off

2020 primary runoff results: Congress

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

I’m going to bullet point these just for simplicity. There will be news stories to look at later. CD03 Dem: Lulu Seikaly cruised to an easy win here. She was just over 60% at around 10 PM, with some Election … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Candace Valenzuela, CD03, CD10, CD13, CD17, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD31, Congress, Democratic primary, Donald Trump, Donna Imam, Election 2020, Kathaleen Wall, Lulu Seikaly, Mike Siegel, Pete Sessions, primaries, Raul Reyes, Ronny Jackson, runoff, Ted Cruz, Texas, Tony Gonzales, Troy Nehls | Comments Off

2020 primary runoff results: SBOE, Senate, House

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Again, bullet points. Get used to it. SBOE6 Dem: Michelle Palmer had a 65-35 lead after early voting, and that was pretty much all there was to it. SBOE5 GOP: It’s much more boring and sedate, but the Republican candidate … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Akilah Bacy, Anna Eastman, Bryan Slaton, Dan Flynn, Democratic primary, Eddie Lucio, Election 2020, Election 2022, Harold Dutton, HD02, HD100, HD119, HD138, HD142, HD148, HD26, HD59, HD67, Jacey Jetton, Jasmine Crockett, JD Sheffield, Jerry Davis, Lani Popp, Liz Campos, Lorenzo Sanchez, Lorraine Birabil, Michelle Palmer, Penny Shaw, primaries, redistricting, Robert Morrow, Roland Gutierrez, runoff, Sarah DeMerchant, SBOE, SD19, SD27, Senate, Shelby Slawson, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

Today is Primary Runoff Day

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Last chance to vote for your party’s nominees. From the inbox: Today, Tuesday, July 14th, is Election Day for the July 2020 Primary Runoff Elections.Voters can cast their ballots anytime between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. at any of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Chris Hollins, coronavirus, early voting, Election 2020, face masks, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, primaries, Tarrant County, Texas, turnout | Comments Off

2020 Primary Runoff Early Voting, Final Totals: Democrats carry the day

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Today’s going to be a numbers-heavy post. Let’s start with Texas Elects, giving us a penultimate day summary: Early voting in person ended today (Friday) for the July 14 primary runoff and special elections. Through yesterday (Thursday), 532K people have … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, coronavirus, early voting, Election 1990, Election 1994, Election 2002, Election 2014, Election 2018, Election 2020, face masks, Greg Abbott, Harris County, MJ Hegar, primaries, Ron Kirk, Royce West, runoff, Senate, Texas, turnout | 8 Comments

How can you vote if you currently have coronavirus?

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

There is one way, if it is approved. Thousands of Harris County voters who recently have tested positive for coronavirus and now are quarantined should be allowed to vote online in the primary runoff election, County Attorney Vince Ryan argued … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged Chris Hollins, coronavirus, Dallas County, Ebola, Election 2014, Election 2020, Harris County, Harris County Attorney, Harris County Clerk, online voting, primaries, runoff, Secretary of State, Texas, turnout, Vince Ryan | Comments Off

2020 Primary Runoff Early Voting, Second Thursday: In which I get a look at the vote rosters

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

What’s a vote roster, you say? It’s a detailed list of everyone who voted in a particular election. You can find some recent ones, mostly pertaining to the 2020 elections so far, here. I’ve used the rosters from past elections … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, coronavirus, early voting, Election 2020, face masks, Greg Abbott, Harris County, lawsuit, primaries, runoff, Texas, turnout | 4 Comments

2020 Primary Runoff Early Voting, Second Wednesday: This is all the vote by mail we’re going to get

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

I’m going to start this update off with a bummer of a legal analysis from Vox’s Ian Millhiser: The Texas case, meanwhile, is Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott, and the stakes in that case are simply enormous. Texas law permits voters … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, coronavirus, early voting, Election 2020, face masks, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Greg Abbott, Harris County, lawsuit, primaries, runoff, SCOTUS, TDP, Texas, turnout | Comments Off

2020 Primary Runoff Early Voting, Second Tuesday: A history of Democratic primary runoffs

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Yesterday I said that the turnout so far in the 2020 Democratic primary runoff was already historic. Today I’m going to show my work on that. Herewith is the 21st century history of Democratic primary runoff turnout for Harris County: … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, coronavirus, early voting, Election 2002, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2010, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, face masks, Governor, Greg Abbott, Harris County, lawsuit, primaries, Railroad Commission, runoff, Senate, Texas, turnout | 3 Comments

2020 Primary Runoff Early Voting, Second Monday: A statewide look

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

I’m not going to keep track of what day number we’re at now, as it doesn’t really make sense anymore. But what we can do right now is have a look at how each party is doing with mail votes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, coronavirus, early voting, Election 2020, face masks, Greg Abbott, Harris County, lawsuit, primaries, runoff, Texas, turnout | 1 Comment

2020 Primary Runoff Early Voting, Day Five/Six: Apples and Oranges

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

We are at the end of the first official early voting week for the 2020 primary runoffs. At this point, there have been five actual early voting days, as Friday and Saturday the polls were closed for the Independence Day … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, coronavirus, early voting, Election 2020, face masks, Greg Abbott, Harris County, lawsuit, primaries, runoff, Texas, turnout | Comments Off

2020 Primary Runoff Early Voting, Day Four: Driven by Democrats

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Early voting took Friday and yesterday off, but resumes today. Here’s where we stand after the first four days: Election Mail Early Total Mail % =========================================== D primary 15,101 25,254 40,355 37.4% R primary 16,528 24,778 41,306 40.0% D runoff … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, early voting, Election 2020, Harris County, primaries, runoff, Texas, turnout | Comments Off

No fast track on vote by mail lawsuit

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

I confess, I hadn’t been aware that this was in the hopper. The U.S. Supreme Court won’t fast-track a bid by Texas Democrats to decide whether all Texas voters can vote by mail during the coronavirus pandemic, leaving in place … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged absentee ballots, coronavirus, Election 2020, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, lawsuit, primaries, runoff, SCOTUS, TDP, Texas | 1 Comment

2020 Primary Runoff Early Voting, Day One: People seem to like this vote by mail thing

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Big surprise, am I right? Harris County voters cast more than 51,000 ballots Monday in the primary runoffs, an eye-popping total that exceeded turnout for entire runoff elections in some recent years. Combined with a robust in-person turnout, voters had … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, Chris Hollins, coronavirus, early voting, Election 2016, Election 2020, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, primaries, runoff, turnout | 5 Comments

Ready or not, here we vote

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Hope it goes all right. Poll workers [began] greeting voters from behind face masks and shields as early voting begins in primary runoffs that will look and operate differently from any Texas election in the past 100 years. Although the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Chambers County, Collin County, coronavirus, early voting, Election 2020, face masks, Harris County, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, primaries, runoff, Tarrant County, Texas, Travis County, turnout, Williamson County | 1 Comment

No relief from SCOTUS on vote by mail

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

This is not really a surprise. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an initial bid by state Democrats to expand voting by mail to all Texas voters during the coronavirus pandemic. Justice Samuel Alito — whose oversight of federal courts … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, coronavirus, Election 2020, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Harris County, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, LULAC, primaries, runoff, SCOTUS, Secretary of State, TDP, Texas | 2 Comments

Early voting for primary runoffs starts tomorrow

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Remember the runoffs? It’s time we settle who our nominees are. Who can vote in the runoffs? Texas has open primaries, meaning you don’t have to be a registered member of either party to cast a ballot in a primary … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, Akilah Bacy, Anna Eastman, CD10, Chris Hollins, Chrysta Castaneda, Congress, coronavirus, early voting, Eddie Rodriguez, endorsements, face masks, Harold Dutton, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, HD138, HD142, HD148, Kirk Watson, Michelle Palmer, Mike Siegel, primaries, Railroad Commission, Royce West, runoff, Sarah Eckhardt, SBOE, SD14, Secretary of State, Senate, special election, Texas, The Lege, Voter Protection Corps | 1 Comment

Maybe we should have had this election in May

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Oh, the irony. When the coronavirus threat was newer and seemed more immediate, Texas postponed its May elections to pick winners in several party primary runoffs, fearing the health risks of exposing voters and poll workers. With those statewide elections … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, coronavirus, Election 2020, face masks, Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, primaries, runoff, Secretary of State, Texas | Comments Off

Hotze versus contact tracing

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

We should have expected this. Conservative firebrand Steven Hotze has launched another lawsuit challenging Gov. Greg Abbott’s coronavirus response, joined by current and former lawmakers and several hundred business owners who argue the state’s contact tracing program infringes on their … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Bill Zedler, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Cathie Adams, contact tracing, coronavirus, Election 2006, Election 2010, Election 2022, Gary Elkins, Governor, Greg Abbott, Kay Bailey Hutchison, lawsuit, Molly White, primaries, Rick Green, Steven Hotze, Texas | 1 Comment

TDP appeals to SCOTUS on vote by mail

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Here we go. After a series of losses in state and federal courts, Texas Democrats are looking to the U.S. Supreme Court to expand voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic. The Texas Democratic Party on Tuesday asked the high … Continue reading →

The plan for the runoffs

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Early voting for the primary runoffs starts in less than two weeks. Here’s what to expect. Interim Harris County Clerk Christopher Hollins is hoping to avoid the mistakes of his predecessor in the chaotic March primary election for July’s runoff … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, Chris Hollins, coronavirus, early voting, Election 2020, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, primaries, turnout | Comments Off

Just a reminder, you can get a mail ballot if you need one

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

No one is going to stop you. As Democrats and civil rights groups sue to expand mail-in voting during the pandemic, a recent decision by the Texas Supreme Court has left it up to voters to decide for themselves whether … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Chris Hollins, County Clerk, Election 2020, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, primaries, Republican Party, runoff, TDP, Texas | 4 Comments

Plaintiffs move for dismissal of state lawsuit over mail ballots

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Not a surprise. The fight over expanding voting by mail in Texas during the coronavirus pandemic appears to be coming to an end in state courts, but a lawsuit continues at the federal level. Following a Texas Supreme Court ruling … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged absentee ballots, coronavirus, Election 2020, lawsuit, primaries, runoff, Supreme Court, TDP, Texas | 1 Comment

That’s a lot of mail ballots

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

The new County Clerk isn’t messing around. Harris County this week sent mail ballot applications for the July primary runoff to every voter 65 and older, interim County Clerk Christopher Hollins announced. The move comes as Harris County is preparing … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, Chris Hollins, Commissioners Court, coronavirus, Diane Trautman, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Harris County, Harris County Clerk, Paul Bettencourt, primaries, runoff, Texas, turnout | 4 Comments

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