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Carola Guerrero De León

Flaws in Texas Voter Registration System Leave Voters Out of the Rolls Ahead of Election Day

A line of voters outside of a polling station in Central Texas. (Credit: SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

A recent investigation found that dozens of Texas voters have not been registered into the state's election rolls despite of them following the required steps.

Texas is one of eight states nationwide that does not provide an online voter registration option. Every registration has to be entered into county election systems by hand, making the fate of millions of voter applications susceptible to human error — both by the applicants and county registration workers — the investigation found.

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