The county told a state district court judge that the applications were already mailed out and any ruling would be moot.
Tuesday’s Harvest Moon will feature a partial lunar eclipse. But don’t get too excited...San Antonio launches insulin assistance program at H-E-B pharmaciesFed expected to cut interest rates, calls for Shein & Temu investigation, top fall destinationsPeople wait outside the Bexar County Elections Department in San Antonio on Oct. 5, 2020. Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the county to stop them from mailing out voter registration forms to residents this fall.
Voter registration applications are returned to county offices and are reviewed to confirm eligibility.to mail voter registration forms to eligible county residents, defying a threat by Paxton to “use all available legal means” to shut down the program. The Bexar County Commissioners Court voted 3-1 to approve the $393,000 outreach contract with Civic Government Solutions, an outside firm.
Local Republican activists slammed the Bexar County deal as an illegal waste of taxpayer money that would disproportionately register Democratic voters, citing past comments from the contracted firm’s leaders indicating support for Democratic candidates.
Democratic commissioners, backed by a county legal official, called Paxton’s legal threats misleading and unfounded.
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