


Voting and election law is a persistent struggle in Texas between those who want to knock down impediments to voting and those who think more safeguards are needed to secure the process and the results - though the evidence for this is both anecdotal and thin. That’s certainly a sign of enthusiasm, and could either be a signal of a bigger-than-normal turnout or that a lot of Texas were itching to vote and did so as soon as they could.īut the state has erected obstacles throughout the voting system, and when you compare the comfort and convenience of voting in Texas with other states, Texas ends up at the bottom of the list.

Obviously, it’s not impossible to vote in Texas more than 10% of the state’s registered voters - about 2 million citizens - had already cast their ballots, either in person or by mail, by Thursday night.
