Judge tosses Texas AG Ken Paxton's request to block voter registration as election suppression saga continues

Paxton requested to block a plan from Bexar county to mail registration applications with an outside vendor. The request was moot, according to the judge. (Credit: Reuters)

A state district court judge in San Antonio dismissed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to block a plan from the state's biggest counties to mail voter registration forms to residents ahead of the November election.

Paxton's complaint came after county commissioners approved a plan on Sept. 3 to mail roughly 210,000 applications through a contract with an outside vendor.