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Common Cause Texas Launches Statewide Voter Protection Program
Nonpartisan hotline with bilingual election experts available for all voters
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‘Absolutely Unconscionable’: Hourslong Lines to Vote in Texas on Super Tuesday ‘Point to a Bigger Systemic Problem’
"Long lines in any single county can happen for any number of reasons but multi-hour wait times all over the state point to a bigger systemic problem," Common Cause Texas executive director Anthony Gutierrez said in a statement Wednesday. "That problem, to put it bluntly, is that the people in power in state government have no interest in making it easier for Texans to vote."
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Five Reasons Election Day Lines Were So Long in Texas
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Young black and Latino voters spent hours waiting to vote in Texas and the state can’t even say how it will fix the problem before November
According to the study, Dallas County had the most poll location closures, 74. The county has a population that is 41% Latino and 22% percent African American, according to the study. Travis County, Harris County, Brazoria County, and Nueces County — all locations with high levels of people who identify as minorities — rounded out the top of the list of locations where polling locations were cut by officials. It wasn't just Texas. Arizona and Georgia also closed hundreds of polling locations.
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Texans Forced to Wait to Vote on Super Tuesday
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Why Did It Take So Long to Vote in Texas and California?
In some cities, purchases of new voting machines slowed the balloting as voters labored to apply the new technology to the state’s notoriously long ballot. “All over the state, we saw a lot of late openings attributed to technology issues,” said Anthony Gutierrez, the executive director of Common Cause Texas, which helped run a hotline that flagged voting problems. “People were used to voting on the same machine for two decades, and there was going to be some training time required.”
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Long lines at some voting sites have many Texans waiting in frustration to cast ballots
Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of the watchdog group Common Cause Texas, laid the overarching blame on state policymakers.
"I would frankly chalk up most of the issues we’re seeing (on Election Day) to Texas being a state that doesn’t prioritize voting," he said. "Problems like the Secretary of State website crashing and the widespread voting technology issues could have been easily avoided if the state allocated resources towards election infrastructure.”
"I would frankly chalk up most of the issues we’re seeing (on Election Day) to Texas being a state that doesn’t prioritize voting," he said. "Problems like the Secretary of State website crashing and the widespread voting technology issues could have been easily avoided if the state allocated resources towards election infrastructure.”
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Long Lines, Broken Machines Causing Frustration For Some Voters in Dallas, Tarrant Counties
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In person early voting rose for Democrats, dropped for Republicans from 2016
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Common Cause Texas Demands Vote Texas PAC Stop Using Common Cause Logo on Campaign Mailers
Statement of Anthony Gutierrez, Executive Director of Common Cause Texas
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Vote Texas PAC’s Unauthorized Use of Common Cause’s Logo on Political Ad
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Texans: If you have a problem while voting, there’s a hotline to call for help
“We’re expecting historic levels of participation in this election and we’ve built a Texas-sized grassroots operation to meet the challenge,” said Anthony Gutierrez, Executive Director of Common Cause Texas.
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First day of early voting in Houston yields spike in turnout from recent cycles
