The Latest Breaking News from Jane Nelson

Secretary of State Jane Nelson said in a filing that Paxton’s office gave her less than an hour’s warning that they’d be siding against her agency in court. The post Paxton sides with Texas GOP, against secretary of state in lawsuit seeking to close primaries appeared first on The Texas…

Currently, any Texas voter can cast a ballot in GOP primaries. The party wants to limit eligibility to registered members.

A Bexar County election worker was assaulted Thursday, officials said. In Tarrant County, officials encouraged voters to review their ballots before voting.

As the election nears, Paxton ramps up efforts to target noncitizen voters.

Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the federal government of failing to provide citizenship data for registered voters, even as he acknowledged that the vast majority of the people on the rolls are lawful voters.

Here’s what you need to know after a ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat investigation found that Gov. Greg Abbott likely inflated the number of noncitizens on voter rolls.

A federal court’s decision is the latest development in a bitter pre-election brawl between Republican state officials and Democratic county leaders.

Attorney General Ken Paxton and Secretary of State Jane Nelson are targeted in the new suit, escalating a pre-election war over voter registration efforts.

In limited instances, the choices some Texas voters make can later be identified using public, legally available data.