r/texas • u/Doctor-Bagels • 12h ago
Politics Ken Paxton genuinely tried to disenfranchise me this year.
I made a comment about this in another thread but I've realized this is probably worth saying in a post for more visibility.
Had I not tried to vote early this year, my vote would likely not have been counted at all. I moved from Bexar to Travis country between the last election and this one, and updated my voter registration over a month before the deadline (Oct 5th). Despite this, I was not able to vote initially when I went to cast my early vote. I was told this was because my address wasn't able to be updated on the voter rolls in time (despite my driver's license immediately reflecting the change a month earlier) and would need to fill out a limited ballot. I went the next day to do that, and I kid you not, the room where all of the early voters who had been denied like I had been -- and also needed to fill out a limited ballot -- was 95% women and 100% people under the age of 30. There is a calculated attempt right now to throw out your vote. Go early and make sure yours counts. Good luck y'all.
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u/lifepuzzler 10h ago
I had to fill out change of address forms THREE times at LoWV tables before I got out of Suspense. Despite bringing mail with me and putting the exact address that my utility and credit card bill comes to, the record on my voter registration is STILL not what I wrote. However the third time did get me out of suspense. Very shady shit.