Texas election officials say they have cleared a backlog of more than 500,000 voter registration-related records statewide after a major software mishap, insisting that eligible voters who register before Monday’s deadline can cast ballots in the November 3 midterm.
October 5 is the deadline to register to vote in Texas. Early in-person voting begins October 19.
Counties have been scrambling to process voter registration and voter information files that were collected online as Texans indicated they wanted to register to vote or update their registration during visits to the Department of Public Safety…