The move comes as part of the Texas governor's ongoing Operation Lone Star, which aims to prevent illegal border crossings.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott officially set the special election to replace the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, for Nov. 5, 2024, the same day as the general election. The special election will ...

Secretary of State David Whitley, who led the botched effort, ended up resigning amid a flurry of lawsuits and embarrassing ...

In a letter, they raised concerns that eligible voters could be getting wrongly identified as noncitizens or removed to close ...

Experts warn the governor’s framing of this routine process could be used to undermine trust in elections. Gov. Greg Abbott ... The law Abbott signed in 2021 set new rules and penalties for ...

He urged Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special election on Nov. 5 — Election Day — to pick a successor to serve out his term, which ends in January. Days later, Abbott did just that, ordering a ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced Friday that the special election to fill the vacant seat left by the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee will be held Nov. 5, the same day as the general election.

Greg Abbott on Monday called a special election to fill the vacant position. State Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson, R-Waco, announced he would retire early from the position he had held since 2004.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday that the state has removed roughly a million people from its voter rolls since he signed a legislative overhaul of election laws in 2021. “Illegal ...

Greg Abbott ... Both the county election administrator and Republican Party chair said they had investigated the claims and found no evidence. The law Abbott signed in 2021 set new rules and ...