Texas clears voter registration backlog before early voting

SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — Texas election officials say a voter registration backlog caused by a software glitch has been cleared ahead of early voting, which begins Monday.

The problem began last October when the Texas Department of Public Safety failed to transmit hundreds of thousands of voter registration applications and updates to county election offices.

Harris County alone had more than 75,000 delayed records. The Texas Secretary of State’s office said Thursday it was not aware of any counties with pending applications. Officials have not disclosed the total number affected or fully explained the technical failure…

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