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The Texas State Capitol is seen on the first day of the 87th Legislature's third special session on September 20, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images)

Texas Republican election loser wants to “void” his defeat because it’s not the “true outcome”

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Tom Fox-Pool/Getty Images)

Texas may use “racially gerrymandered” maps in 2022 and 2024 after GOP stonewalls court

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)

Texas GOP power grab threatens “biggest regression in minority voting rights” since Civil Rights era

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Texas court says it was wrong to sentence Black woman to 5 years in prison for “illegal” voting

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images)

Texas AG Ken Paxton quietly lays groundwork for Supreme Court to undermine voting rights law

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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool/Getty Images)

Texas’ Lt. Gov Dan Patrick’s attempt to hype GOP voters’ fears of election fraud backfires

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A woman casts her ballot inside the Basset Place Mall in El Paso, Texas on November 3, 2020. (Justin HAMEL / AFP)

Texas Democrats abandon House floor, blocking passage of restrictive voting bill

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Voters wait in line to cast their ballot on Nov. 3, 2020, at the Manor ISD Administration building in Manor, Texas (Getty Images)

Texas Republicans rush to approve restrictive new voting bill in overnight, closed door session

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Woman shows her sticker after she voted in the Florida presidential primary in Cape Coral, Fla. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will review Crystal Mason’s controversial illegal voting conviction

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Election office puts mail in ballots into a container (George Frey/Getty Images)

In Texas, Republicans fight voting by mail expansion while encouraging their voters to use it

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For second time, federal judge finds Texas is violating voter registration law

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Stacks of boxes mail are seen at the U.S. Post Office (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

USPS woes and state deadlines could leave voters without time to return mail-in ballots

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Ted Cruz, Donald Trump (Reuters/Brendan McDermid/Aaron P. Bernstein//Photo montage by Salon)

In a rare move, Republicans tell President Trump “no” after he calls for delaying the election

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Election office puts mail in ballots into a container (George Frey/Getty Images)

Top Texas GOP officials pushing to block expansion of mail-in voting have history of voting by mail

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In this April 7, 2020 photo, voters observe social distancing guidelines as they wait in line to cast ballots in the presidential primary election in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

All-GOP Texas Supreme Court, voting from home, rules fear of coronavirus no excuse to vote by mail

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Fulton County election worker counts provisional ballots, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP/Mike Stewart)

Large Texas county seeks Super Tuesday recount after discovery of uncounted ballots

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New Texas election process has Democrats expecting a delay in Super Tuesday delegate totals

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