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Massive Texas backlog of voter registrations that scrambled workers has been cleared, state says

Headline from CW 39 Houston, from the development of Oct 15, 2026

Newest development Oct 16, 2026 · 2 reports19 million Texans are registered to vote, breaking record

A large number of backlogged voter records have been sorted through in most Texas counties, the Secretary of State's office confirmed Thursday.

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    Massive Texas backlog of voter registrations that scrambled workers has been cleared, state says

    Headline from CW 39 Houston ·

  2. Newest

    19 million Texans are registered to vote, breaking record

    Headline from Texas Tribune ·

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  1. Texas Tribune

    Local Texas election officials clear voter registration backlog caused by state error (opens Texas Tribune)

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    Texas Tribune's feed description

    More than 500,000 voter applications were held up by an error in a Department of Public Safety software update.

  2. CW 39 Houston

    Massive Texas backlog of voter registrations that scrambled workers has been cleared, state says (opens CW 39 Houston)

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    CW 39 Houston's feed description

    A large number of backlogged voter records have been sorted through in most Texas counties, the Secretary of State's office confirmed Thursday.

  3. NOTUS

    Texas Says It Has Cleared a Massive Voter-Registration Backlog (opens NOTUS)

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    NOTUS's feed description

    The backlog, which state officials attributed to a software glitch, left counties scrambling to process scores of voter registrations.

  4. Just the News

    Record 19 million registered to vote in Texas, registration backlog cleared (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    Those registered represent more than half of the population, which surpassed 31.7 million last year, according to U.S. Census data.

  5. HuffPost

    Massive Texas Voter Registration Backlog Clears Before Early Voting, State Says (opens HuffPost)

    Published

    HuffPost's feed description

    State officials attributed the backlog to a software glitch.

  6. Texas Tribune

    19 million Texans are registered to vote, breaking record (opens Texas Tribune)

    Published

    Texas Tribune's feed description

    The number of Texans registered to vote jumped 2% from March even as the state struggles to process backlogged voter records.

  7. Texas Standard

    15,000 Texas voter registrations caught up in backlog after another state software error (opens Texas Standard)

    Published

    Texas Standard's feed description

    Counties must now process affected voter registrations before Monday, when Texans can start voting early in the midterm elections.

  8. CNET

    Texas Says It’s Fixed a Glitch That Delayed Nearly 600,000 Voter Registrations (opens CNET)

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    CNET's feed description

    Programming issues and software updates have been blamed for delays in getting hundreds of thousands of people registered to vote.

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