Ken Paxton sues Texas county to block voter registration efforts

This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. “Travis County has blatantly violated Texas law by paying partisan actors to conduct unlawful identification efforts to track down people who are not registered to vote,” Paxton said. Speaking at The Texas Tribune Festival, chief executives of three of the state’s biggest counties defended their actions to register voters after Attorney General Ken Paxton brought suits against Bexar and Travis counties this week. “Paxton does this every time,” said Travis County Judge Andy Brown about the attorney general’s suit against the county’s efforts to register voters ahead of the election. Sakai said he is ready to defend the county’s position to go forward with the voter registration program adding “we are on legal ground.” Paxton had threatened to also sue Harris County, but Judge Lina Hidalgo said that the county might not go forward with the program anymore because time is running out to register voters.