Texas civil rights groups sue state officials over voter registration delays
The gist
The NAACP, Texas NAACP and Texas LULAC sued Texas Secretary of State Robert Howden and DPS Director Freeman F. Martin over registration delays.
The suit lands days before the election, with nearly 2 million Texans on the voter suspense list.
How it unfolded
- Oct 16, 2026A separate technical error leaves a fresh backlog of 15,000 unprocessed registrations, on top of the earlier half-million-plus transactions delayed until late September.
- Oct 26, 2026U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine sends letters to Arizona's secretary of state and Maricopa County recorder accusing three nonprofits of possibly registering noncitizens.
- Oct 28, 2026The NAACP, Texas NAACP and Texas LULAC sue Howden and Martin over the registration delays.