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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas' voter suspense list tops 2.1 million. Here's what to do if you're on it
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More than 2.1 million Texas voters are on the states suspended list, three months before the presidential election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Voters should still be able to vote with a suspended status, but it will take an extra couple of steps. Here is what Texans should know about voter suspense ahead of the Nov. 5 general election.
What is the voter suspense list?
Suspense means your county does not know your address or thinks you moved, often because a voter registration card or jury summons sent through mail is returned as undeliverable.
New voter registration cards are mailed every two years to the most recent address on record. If you do not receive a new yellow and white certification card this year, it could mean you moved without updating your address.
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Inkey
(363 posts)There has been a move by those who
don't want you to vote by canceling
your ability to vote. Stay vigilant my
friends.
hurl
(1,021 posts)MagickMuffin
(17,487 posts)Ive been checking mine more frequently because of the haters of democracy trying to take away our votes!
Stay vigilant and again proactive. Remind your friends and family.
stopdiggin
(13,473 posts)at least several weeks prior to voting day.
Most jurisdictions are going to make this relatively easy. And, those where it might not - chances are very good that there are organizations (like your local party?, or League of Women V) who are ready to help individuals navigate.
But in any case, it's on the voter. And it's no longer sufficient to just show up on voting day - and then bitch and snort around about, "well, I've always been able to .." That doesn't cut it anymore.
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Mersky
(5,340 posts)Just searched our info, and one person in my household is on the suspense list. The Secretary of States crummy website initially did not recognize my info or my spouses, but did after searching with other criteria (then, holy heck, it did find our registrations when I used the original criteria on subsequent searches). Then, after 2 failed attempts, a family members profile came back as on the suspense list.
The Travis County voter lookup website returns nothing for all three of us. We all voted in the March primary and two of us voted in the May election this year. We moved in the past year, but were sure to update our IDs, vehicle registration, postal address, and notably, our registration addresses.
Thank you for posting this, Nevilledog assuming that your registration is good, because you just voted in May isnt enough in Texas, apparently.
I detest what 30 years of repuke gerrymandering, lying, and incompetency has done to my state.
Nevilledog
(53,866 posts)John Shaft
(808 posts)do not rely on electronic resources for this.
Mersky
(5,340 posts)Govt websites from around the state are varying degrees of acceptable to nepo/payola garbage piles. I believe this whole suspense status mess came from the 2021 legislative session when Dan Patrick and his gang shoved the voting suppression bill thru outside of normal process. As a result of that chicanery, larger population counties are required to do extra checks against DPS and SoS records. If the SoS site fails to produce results on the first or second try (like I experienced), then it is quite possible verification is failing when large county election offices go to run their checks.
oasis
(52,106 posts)Kick