Paxton Sues Blue County To Block Voter Registration

The Texas Tribune reports:

Bexar County officials moved forward Tuesday with a plan to mail county residents voter registration forms, defying Attorney General Ken Paxton’s threat to use “all available legal means” to quash the effort.

Paxton followed through Wednesday morning, filing a lawsuit in a state district court in Bexar County that seeks an emergency order to block the program.

The legal clash escalates a brewing fight between Texas Republicans and some of the state’s largest counties over initiatives to proactively send registration applications to people who are eligible but unregistered to vote.

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First, Crooked Ken Paxton went after our abuelitas. Now he is suing to make sure majority-minority counties can’t send voter registration forms.

This is full-on voter suppression. https://t.co/ruClZzuZjT

— Senator Roland Gutierrez (@RolandForTexas) September 4, 2024

Ken Paxton has sued Bexar County because the County has authorized the sending out of voter registration applications. to potential voters who are unregistered. Paxton is a mad dog when it comes to suppressing the vote and making false voter fraud claims. There are safeguards in… pic.twitter.com/esi20SqWcP

— Jim Boyle (@JimGBoyle) September 4, 2024

“This has been the most partisan morning I have spent since I’ve been commissioner in the last 40 years.”

Bexar County bucks @KenPaxtonTX and approves a $400k plan to mail out 200k voter registration forms even as the AG threatens to sue.

Voting fights heating up 63 days out: pic.twitter.com/2HF6NPUR5r

— Ryan Chandler (@RyanChandlerTV) September 3, 2024