Judge blocks paxton's attempts to stop voter-registration drive

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2020 Texas: less than 80 percent of Texas’s voting age population registered to vote, and just more than half of eligible voters cast a ballot, according to state data.

AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to block a voter registration drive in one of his state’s most populous urban counties — and biggest Democratic strongholds — has failed in state district court.

On Monday, State District Judge Antonia Arteaga dismissed the Republican attorney general’s lawsuit against Bexar County, the home of San Antonio.

In the latest fight, Bexar County had proposed to send out registration forms to unregistered voters — something Paxton argued was outside of the scope of the county’s legal powers.

Judge Arteaga ruled Paxton’s suit was moot, because the county had already sent out the voter registration forms, The Texas Tribune reported.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...p&cvid=9927f135d38c465c9e361c91d7410c8c&ei=30

any drive to encourage more people to vote (whoever they're voting for) is good for democracy

 

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republican senate campaign arm tossing paxton under the bus, supporting John Cornyn in the primaries

paxton's wife stood by him throughout the scandals of '23, where his impeachment didn't get him thrown out and his affair was made public knowledge.

now I know, technically, the NRSC's post followed the one made by paxton's wife stating she was filing for divorce "on biblical grounds" and that made by paxton implying it was a mutual decision and asking for prayers and privacy, but it smells like she was told his political aspirations were squished under that bus and thought it a good time to part ways before he got too broke trying to campaign.

 

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Paxton is a good example of Republicans’ penchant for electing crooks.

 

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in all fairness to his wife, I didn't realise she was a state senator nor that they'd been living apart for a year now. Even so, the timing seems more than pure coincidence.