Two months before early voting begins for the November general election, Gillespie County, west of Austin, has no elections department.
In Texas, a county elections administrator and her two deputies have resigned, with at least one citing threats fueled by misinformation, as former President Donald Trump and his supporters continue to spread baseless claims about the 2020 election.
The Texas secretary of state's office plans to send in trainers to make sure Gillespie County can still hold an election this November. Early voting in Texas starts on Oct. 24, giving state officials a two-month window to train replacements until a new elections administrator is appointed — an appointment that may not happen until after the November election.
He said the threats were an attack on American democracy and criticized some Texas voting laws that he said make it difficult to register and cast mail ballots. "Before, [the law] was that they could 'observe' the activities of the polling place, and they changed that to 'see and hear' what's occurring, which makes it much more subjective to the individual who is watching," he said."There's the chance they could be a little more intrusive to the process because they could claim they are not able to see or hear what's happening in a polling place.
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