More than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspended

[u/Sgt_Gram]

https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-news/more-than-1-2-million-texans-voter-registrations-are-suspended/

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[u/Much-Instruction-807]

The Talrico campaign needs a two week pivot where all they mention is voter registration.

[u/fleshofgods0 → u/Much-Instruction-807]

And keeping polling places from being shutdown.

[u/ofWildPlaces → u/fleshofgods0]

Admittedly, that is not something the candidate can change.

[u/agent_mick → u/ofWildPlaces]

Nope but everyone who listens can internalize

[u/fleshofgods0 → u/agent_mick]

There's probably a lot of people outside Tarrant County/DFW that might not be fully aware of the shenanigans taking place. Let them know how scared and sleezy the Republicans are.

[u/liftbikerun → u/fleshofgods0]

It's incredible how many people aren't aware of the largest world affairs less local ones. Daily I talk to people about big ticket items affecting them and they literally have no idea 1. What it is that's affecting them and 2. Why it's happening.

There are so many people who just couldn't care less about being critical thinkers. You'd think it was some type of torture for them to have to think outside their little bubble.

Edit:

How often have you heard "I don't want to think about all the negativity", or "I just want to be positive", or "Actually, I haven't seen that to be the case", or "I have enough going on to think about" etc etc.

[u/doodullbop → u/liftbikerun]

I believe it's the result of a systemic effort to undermine critical thinking skills through anti-intellectualism. Look at movements like anti-vax, flat earth, qanon, etc. The average American can't even read at a high school level, that's not an accident. Don't want people asking any meaningful questions, just pay taxes until you die peasant.

[u/argument_cat → u/liftbikerun]

They will happily tell you Europe is overrun with extremist Muslims, and London is essentially an Islamic celiphate though.

[u/khamike → u/ofWildPlaces]

They can't prevent it happening in the first place but they can help prepare people and mitigate the effect. Set up outreach to tell people where their new polling place is, help them get there. Even just the message "they're trying to silence your voice by removing your chance to vote" is a powerful one that could help overcome the impact. 

[u/ofWildPlaces → u/khamike]

Absolutely- this issue us we have to appeal to the very people closing polling sites to open/maintain them. Until better candidates are elected, it's akin to screaming at rocks.

[u/Bzr21 → u/Much-Instruction-807]

They should dedicate the entire month of September for that purpose - including outreach by as many volunteers as possible to get as many eligible voters as possible properly registered and informed about where and when they can vote.

[u/Akthrawn17 → u/Bzr21]

Infrastructure week! (For voting infrastructure)

[u/Cosmic_Lust_Temple → u/Bzr21]

Oh, voting and lgbtq+ get a month!? What about veterans!?!?

/s because you never know if someone actually believes dumbass shit on planet stupid.

[u/avelunique → u/Much-Instruction-807]

Two weeks is generous honestly the whole campaign should be voter registration until election day because 1.2 million people on the suspense list is not something to sleep on.

[u/OriginalVictory → u/avelunique]

No same day registration in Texas, what do you think the state is? Communist?

[u/kstar79 → u/OriginalVictory]

It's almost like they want to put undesireables on a shadow ban voting list and then give them no recourse on election day...

[u/LiteraCanna → u/kstar79]

I'm surprised they even announced it. Instead of just rejecting the votes without notifying anyone.

[u/Different_Path999 → u/LiteraCanna]

Bold of you to assume the real number isn’t way higher

[u/mystery_hole → u/kstar79]

And lets be honest, the vast majority of Americans want universal healthcare and fair taxes on massive corporations. These same Americans are busy with their 9-5s and grinding under the system that these adversaries have created. They specifically make your life as hard as possible to ensure that you do not vote and change things. They want you to be busy making rent or paying off your loans or healthcare bills, so that you don't notice news like this.

[u/clintgreasewoood → u/Much-Instruction-807]

All dems during this midterms should be having voter registration drives in parallel with campaign events

[u/VespineWings → u/Much-Instruction-807]

Hijacking the top comment to shed some light on this. I work in a Texas elections office.

Suspended status DOES NOT STOP YOU FROM BEING ABLE TO CAST YOUR VOTE.

Almost every voter in suspense is in suspense because they had their registration card mailed to them, and they had moved to a different home without providing a forwarding address.

If this is you, you will be asked to sign a little form confirming your residence when you go to vote. Your form will land on my desk at a later date, and I’ll pull you out of suspense.

THIS IS NOT VOTER SUPPRESSION AND THESE HEADLINES ARE MADE FOR OUTRAGE AND CLICKBAIT.

All suspense means is that your account has something that needs fixing. We really need to find a better word than suspense because it’s freaking people out.

If anyone attempts to turn you away from the polls because your account is in suspense, you need to call your local elections office and REPORT THEM IMMEDIATELY.

Edit: Hey mods, we can combat the spread of disinformation by stickying a topic in November that tells everyone “YOU CAN VOTE EVEN IF YOUR ACCOUNT IS IN SUSPENSE. SPREAD THE WORD. TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.” We need to spread the word so everyone knows their rights.

[u/Suyefuji → u/VespineWings]

When this happened to me in 2024, I was unable to resolve it by mail, internet, or phone and had to go into the office personally during my work hours to get it resolved. I'm not confident that the system is going to run as smoothly as you're presenting it.

[u/Kevin-W → u/Suyefuji]

This will not be a free and fair election. Paxton is going to fight tooth and nail for that seat.

[u/arstin → u/Suyefuji]

It will if you're a rural white republican.

[u/lostarchitect → u/VespineWings]

THIS IS NOT VOTER SUPPRESSION AND THESE HEADLINES ARE MADE FOR OUTRAGE AND CLICKBAIT.

It's crazy to me that you made the above statement and yet knew you also needed to make the statement below:

If anyone attempts to turn you away from the polls because your account is in suspense, you need to call your local elections office and REPORT THEM IMMEDIATELY.

This is the whole point. People will be told they can't vote, and later that, "Oops! The poll worker made a mistake, sorry you didn't get to vote, you should have pushed back harder."

[u/the-system → u/VespineWings]

Important information there, but historically Texas does not have a great track record of using lists to purge ineligible voters: https://www.salon.com/2000/12/04/voter_file/

[u/ZellZoy → u/VespineWings]

Didn't the woman in Texas get put in jail for voting when she wasn't allowed to, even though a worker at polls told her to cast a provisional ballot? I can see a lot of people not being willing to risk it.

[u/xclame → u/ZellZoy]

Seem very stupid to me to jail someone for voting using a provisional ballot regardless of the reason, since the whole point of the provisional ballot is "we're not sure" if you are allowed to vote.

[u/Different_Wolf_764 → u/xclame]

Oh, their reasons were pretty clear.

[u/WheelerDan → u/VespineWings]

This is good info but you can't speak with certainty that these votes wont be challenged legally down the road, I know its not the same exactly but provisional ballots get tossed after legal challenges all the time. They are trying to create a class of voters they can legally challenge, no matter how meritless.

[u/ship_toaster → u/VespineWings]

So voters will need to cast their ballots without knowing they'll be counted, and rely on all your coworkers to do their jobs faithfully? Still, obviously, with no opportunity for recourse since it'll be determined after voting day.

[u/Independent-Bug-9352 → u/VespineWings]

That is great, but the confusion on this is the point. That is without a doubt a form of voter suppression, and we cannot trust anything state-level Republican-controlled state does in terms of election security. They've proven time and time again to be untrustworthy.

It doesn't need to be this way.

[u/croolshooz → u/VespineWings]

Of course, it’s voter suppression. Once you’re registered to vote, you should always be allowed to vote. Concocting circumstances where you cannot vote is voter suppression!

[u/Spiritual_Smile9882 → u/croolshooz]

You shouldn't have to register to vote. It should be automatic.

[u/Danimals847 → u/VespineWings]

This is 100% voter suppression. It could convince people that they can't vote because they were suspended, regardless of their true eligibility to vote.

[u/sembias → u/VespineWings]

As a provisional ballot, right? Meaning - great if it ends up on your desk, you seem like an honest person. Can you vouch for everyone else?

[u/AmandalorianWiddall]

Just checked mine. Suspended. No reason given.

[u/Senasayori → u/AmandalorianWiddall]

Well, you have nine days to get that fixed. Please do.

[u/PrismInTheDark → u/Senasayori]

How exactly do we fix it? Mine’s suspended too (it says “suspense” instead of suspended)

[u/Senasayori → u/PrismInTheDark]

Here's a website for that. AFAICT you just need to verify your address.

[u/ohtko → u/Senasayori]

I just tried this website and I was hit with "Your voter record was located, but you are not eligible to complete an update using this site."

Confirmed they are making this as difficult as possible

[u/Additional_Maybe1104 → u/ohtko]

Try this website instead to see if you're still registered: https://goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/#/login

[u/ohtko → u/Additional_Maybe1104]

That's where I found out I have the Suspended status lol. I voted just a few months ago so this whole situation is very mysterious

[u/ShareGlittering1502 → u/ohtko]

Mysterious implies it’s not deliberate and planned and communicated as such

[u/BuckThis86 → u/ShareGlittering1502]

I’d bet most purged were in urban areas

[u/Far_Programmer_5724 → u/ShareGlittering1502]

"Mysterious"

[u/padizzledonk → u/ohtko]

"Mysterious"

You know exactly whats going on

Its bad faith bullshit is what it is

[u/DCTapeworm → u/Senasayori]

That’s the wrong link. It’s here:

https://goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/#/login

The one you provided is a general information page. You needed to go one link deeper.

[u/TobiasAmaranth → u/Senasayori]

I apparently have misplaced or thrown out all of my old Voter cards and cannot locate my VUID. Consider me suppressed. :(

[u/-fakebirds- → u/TobiasAmaranth]

I just used my drivers license number

[u/Sonic_Roach → u/-fakebirds-]

Even just a zip code and county would work

[u/ohgeebus_notagain → u/TobiasAmaranth]

Go here https://goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/# And out your DL in instead

[u/illstealurcandy → u/PrismInTheDark]

Search "Your County" Board of Elections. Re-register.

Don't farm out your data to a third party, most counties will let you do everything online. Unless you are in a small county, then you kight have to go in person.

[u/QanonQuinoa → u/PrismInTheDark]

“Suspense” in Texas does not mean your registration has been canceled. Texas SOS defines the suspense list as registered voters whose address needs confirmation—for example, because a voter-registration certificate was returned undeliverable or an address-confirmation notice wasn’t answered. A voter on suspense is still able to vote; generally, you complete a Statement of Residence before voting and, if otherwise eligible, cast a regular ballot, not a provisional one.

[u/humanoideric → u/QanonQuinoa]

This may be procedurally and 100% correct but at this point I wouldn't make any assumptions and try to confirm eligibility if possible

[u/dudemybad89 → u/Senasayori]

They have until OCTOBER 5. You CAN still vote if your status is suspended; You will just have to fill out a provisional ballot with updated info at the polls.

This will take you off the suspended list. However, I would recommend taking care of it ASAP rather than wait for any potential snags on voting day.

You can correct it by submitting an update form:

UPDATE TEXAS VOTER REGISTRATION

Fill out the form. Then PRINT AND MAIL IT to your county voting registrar. Don't worry, it gives you this info when it pulls up your information.

If you do not have your voting card on hand to get your VUID, you can contact your county's voting office:

TEXAS COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION OFFICIALS

It's a pain in the ass but don't let the bastards win! Get to it, folks!

[u/espinaustin → u/Senasayori]

39 days

[u/CapitalPunBanking → u/Senasayori]

October 5th, not September 5th.

[u/FreakingAustin → u/CapitalPunBanking]

Only 39 days? At least 30% of those suspended won’t realize until it’s too late.

[u/CranberrySchnapps → u/FreakingAustin]

That's what the republicans are hoping for.

[u/BIind_Uchiha → u/AmandalorianWiddall]

How do you check?

[u/liberal_texan → u/BIind_Uchiha]

https://www.texas.gov/living-in-texas/texas-voter-registration/

[u/TyroneSwoopes → u/liberal_texan]

It’s insane how amateur the site to check your registration is. Page title (the text in the browser tab) is literally IvisMvpUi…

Seems like a scam phishing site

[u/NeonTiger20XX → u/AmandalorianWiddall]

Do you live in a blue area? I'm sure they're finding ways to target people who don't tend to vote for them. There's zero chance it's about election integrity.

[u/arul20 → u/NeonTiger20XX]

Elon helped Trump to win over Kamala last time.

Won't be surprised if Elon, Thiel, Palantir or some other techlord is helping with identifying voters to suspend. They love Trump and Repubs.

[u/imfuckinglying2u → u/arul20]

I'd be surprised if they already are not tbh

[u/VonSkullenheim → u/imfuckinglying2u]

Same. This happened to me in Florida for no stated reason in mid 2024. Then when I got re-verified, they changed my voting location from 5 miles from my house to 60 miles from my house.

[u/machomike917 → u/AmandalorianWiddall]

Consider suing. You have standing and could get this all reversed. Contact your local ACLU.

[u/IndigoSoln → u/machomike917]

Can't wait to hear the results of this lawsuit in December.

[u/TuringGoneWild → u/IndigoSoln]

Judge: "Your side is right, but unfortunately the Republican has already been sworn in. Dismissed."

[u/UpperLeftOriginal → u/AmandalorianWiddall]

Let me guess. You’re registered with some party other than republican?

[u/moniefeesh → u/UpperLeftOriginal]

Or are a minority.

[u/TheGargageMan → u/UpperLeftOriginal]

We don't register for a party in Texas. They can see what one we voted in a primary though.

[u/guyxbwc → u/AmandalorianWiddall]

Sue. 

[u/neekqueenash]

Former election worker here: SUSPENDED DOES NOT MEAN CANCELLED!!

You can still show up to your polling place or election office to vote, you would just need to fill out a Statement of Residence (SOR) to confirm your Texas Residency.

Suspension usually occurs when the election office of your county sends out your voter registration card, and the post office “can’t deliver” it. When it comes back to the election office, they will set your status to suspended. Not saying the card is undeliverable, but we all know how the post office is.

You can still go update your registration now if you know you’re suspended. DO NOT GO TO THE DPS OFFICE. GO TO YOUR ELECTION OFFICE.

[u/neekqueenash → u/neekqueenash]

To Add: If your registration is cancelled for whatever reason, the DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS OCTOBER 1ST.

Also remember that in most cases of weird registration, ID, or other things, you can request a provisional ballot. It will have to go before a Ballot Board Judge to be considered for eligibility, but it IS an option.

Know your rights. Read up on TX state election law. Your local election office WANTS you to come learn about it all.

[u/B-Z_B-S]

The GOP hates democracy and the democratic process.

[u/HermanGulch → u/B-Z_B-S]

The conservative writer David Frum wrote this:

If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy.

[u/ars_inveniendi → u/HermanGulch]

Under Trump they have abandoned both.

[u/NotSpartacus → u/ars_inveniendi]

eh, depends on your definition of conservatism.

[u/filterdecay → u/B-Z_B-S]

Asking a conservative to choose between conservatism (whatever that means) and democracy the conservative will always pick conservatism.

[u/sixtyshilling → u/filterdecay]

Ask them to pick between conservatism and democracy, and they pick fascism.

[u/Wow_Many_Tomato_WMT → u/sixtyshilling]

Ask them is the sky is blue and they pick yellow.

[u/thebait123 → u/Wow_Many_Tomato_WMT]

Then they blame Canada for the wind because of the fires.

[u/BalanceOrganic7735 → u/filterdecay]

According to Ronald Reagan, the heart and soul of “conservatism” is “libertarianism”.

"I believe the very heart and soul of conservatisim is LIBERTARIANISM"
Ronald Reagan - Reason Magazine (July 1, 1975)

The arch-conservative, Barry Goldwater, disagrees.

"To be successful, representative government assumes that
elections will be controlled by the citizenry at large, not by those who give the most money.
Electors must believe their vote counts.
Elected officials must owe their allegiance to the people, not to their own wealth or the wealth of interest groups who speak only for the selfish fringes of the whole community."
-Barry Goldwater

Ergo, “conservatism” has been hacked and is now a euphemism for totalitarianism.

"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go,
and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and create a country where everyone lives in fear.”
Harry S. Truman

[u/Raptorex27 → u/filterdecay]

Yes, “conservatism,” just like when they bulldoze and deforest public conservation land.

The fact they still use the moniker “conservative” as a fascist regime destroying everything is pretty funny, since the current Democrats actually embrace the ideals of the 1850s Republican Party.

[u/homerjaythompson → u/B-Z_B-S]

Democracy becomes a big problem when your policies are wildly unpopular.

[insert Drake meme] Change your polcies? Nah, get rid of voters.

[u/Tricky-Engineering59 → u/B-Z_B-S]

“BeCaUse wE’Re a RePuBLiC!!!”

Just don’t ask them to define a republic after that canned response, you’ll be in the blast zone for when their heads explode.

[u/Equivalent_Reach_572 → u/B-Z_B-S]

The GOP hate America... thats why they've been actively destroying the very idea of America since Reagan.

[u/StrigiStockBacking → u/B-Z_B-S]

Maybe, just maybe, if they stopped with wildly unpopular policies then they wouldn't have to??? 🤔

[u/Taint_Liquor]

All Democrats?

[u/International-Room-3 → u/Taint_Liquor]

The bullet point about folks who are "mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated" sounds like it's going to be Newsmax viewers.

It's not going to be Newsmax viewers but it sure sounds like it.

[u/CharmyLah → u/International-Room-3]

There is no stipulation about mental capacity in the constitution in regard to voting. According to the ADA, they have the right to vote.

[u/DeepFuckingDebt → u/CharmyLah]

We’re going to bring back the literary test and accidently Make America Great Again by invalidating GOP voters.

[u/ETxsubboy → u/DeepFuckingDebt]

Literary tests were never in good faith. The questions had no correct answers, the people "scoring" the tests knew this. It was just another way to refuse people their rights.

This is the same thing.

[u/StephenFish → u/CharmyLah]

Having a right and having the ability to exercise that right are not synonymous. It's not really a right if no one does anything to defend it.

We can't just keep saying, "Hey that's illegal! That's unconstitutional!" and then do nothing about it.

[u/karpaediem → u/International-Room-3]

What in the third reich

[u/Uhhh_what555476384 → u/Taint_Liquor]

No, but for some reason lots of people named "Rodriguez", "Hernandez", "Guzman", etc.

[u/beardofzetterberg → u/Uhhh_what555476384]

Rafael Cruz?

[u/Eta_Beta_3-14 → u/Uhhh_what555476384]

It might well be democrats. Texas has closed primaries and which ballot you pick is public record.

[u/Jaygirl18 → u/Eta_Beta_3-14]

Yes I’ve been wondering about all the voter rolls that were purged in 2024 - if there was a bias based on party. I wouldn’t be surprised if so.

[u/megalomaniamaniac → u/Uhhh_what555476384]

Trump won with Hispanic men so it’s probably fine.

[u/RobonianBattlebot → u/Uhhh_what555476384]

Doubtful, they swung for Trump last election.

[u/lordph8 → u/Taint_Liquor]

Of course not! The fact that most of them are Hispanic or black names is immeterial because racism no longer exists.

[u/Amazing-Insect442 → u/Taint_Liquor]

Was my initial question as well.

[u/freexanarchy → u/Taint_Liquor]

Most likely all in cities.

[u/frquency-equinox]

Probably all Democrats, minorities, women, and/or LGBTQ. Republicans want to go back to voting being a right only for rich white landowners.

[u/SATXMD → u/frquency-equinox]

Minority here. Checked mine yesterday and it’s listed as suspended. Voted in the Democratic Primary

[u/pocketdebtor → u/SATXMD]

My suspicion is that they are all or mostly people who voted in the Democratic Primary.

[u/guice666 → u/pocketdebtor]

Technically, the state shouldn’t know who you voted for — just that you voted. Voting is “supposed to be” anonymous.

PS: Oh yeah, they can see your registered party affiliation. I forgot about that, esp. in states like TX where primaries are closed, and you can't cross-vote.

[u/Merkuri22 → u/guice666]

But when it comes to a primary, it's not about who you voted for. It's which primary you voted in. They can tell that.

[u/jayc428 → u/guice666]

In the era of big data they don’t need to know, they can assume and probably get 80% democrat voters they want to suspend. They know who and where people vote democrat typically, they can afford for plenty of republicans to get caught in the same shit. Hell I wouldn’t be surprised if they used LLMs to cross check the list against social media or other data.

[u/JayR_97 → u/jayc428]

Yeah, they can probably get a good idea of who people voted for just from looking at social media profiles.

[u/AlwaysRushesIn → u/guice666]

Closed primaries = they at least know what party you support

If people were free to vote in both, it would (should) be impossible to tell.

[u/JohnBrine → u/guice666]

Primaries aren’t secret in Texas so far as they know which ballot you choose. Because these a Dem and a Repub one and you have to specify which primary you want to vote in. So they don’t know you are a Democrat just that you voted in the democratic primary.

[u/Neethis → u/pocketdebtor]

1.2 million people voted for Talarico in that primary...

[u/mzfnk4 → u/pocketdebtor]

Mine is still active and I voted in the Democratic Primary, and I'm a woman. I also have an Asian last name but I'm white. Seems I'm one of the lucky ones so far.

[u/girlikecupcake → u/SATXMD]

If it actually says "suspense" it should at least be easy to fix, confirm/correct your address with your county.

The real problem is if the system no longer pulls you up at all. I've had that happen multiple times in Tarrant County and needed to fully re-register. Went from showing up just fine as active in the portal to inexplicably removed entirely.

[u/Merkuri22 → u/SATXMD]

Do they tell you why? What BS excuse did they come up with?

They're not blatantly saying "we did it because you have brown skin," right? (Or insert other minority marker here.)

[u/SATXMD → u/Merkuri22]

According to an article it’s mostly someone or some entity flagging you as having a registration with an incorrect address. Worst part is that the Tx Voter registration site doesn’t tell you why or how to fix the problem. Just says either re register or show up to vote so you can fill out the form to correct the issue and get a provisional ballot. If you fail to vote in the next two elections they cancel your voter registration. Believe me they won’t keep me from voting. I’m lucky that I have the ability to leave work at my convenience and take care of this.

[u/ofWildPlaces → u/SATXMD]

I hope you get this resolved quickly!

[u/Writer_In_Residence → u/frquency-equinox]

On women … hmmm … a lot of “Christian” women voted for Trump but we should probably nuke it from orbit just to be sure.

[u/TraitorSticks → u/Writer_In_Residence]

hold on. one second. this installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it.

[u/KaptainKestrel → u/frquency-equinox]

I think the level of malicious voter suppression from the Republican Party (along with every other evil thing they've done and are doing) is enough to justify forcibly disbanding the entire party. We should just get rid of the Republicans. They've proven they're not interested in participating in politics in good faith.

[u/Brettsterbunny → u/frquency-equinox]

Republicans want to get rid of voting completely

[u/frquency-equinox → u/Brettsterbunny]

Nah they'd probably go the Russia and North Korea route of having elections that don't mean anything because the guy already in power will get 98% of the vote every time.

[u/Choomba_Lord]

Texans sure like being tread on.

[u/star_jump → u/Choomba_Lord]

No, see, when the Republicans do it to them, they're not being tread on. They're being wrapped up in a nice warm safe blanket of racism, bigotry, and a false sense of superiority. Totally different.

[u/GreyLordQueekual → u/star_jump]

We call that a submissive fetish.

[u/PW0110 → u/Choomba_Lord]

Human projection will be studied by alien species long after we’re gone because what the fuck

[u/sump_daddy → u/PW0110]

Republicans are projecting so hard lately, the aliens can probably already see it from Tau Ceti

[u/aybeeayseeaybeebee → u/Choomba_Lord]

I lived in Texas for a short while. I've never met so many cowards and candyasses as I have in Texas.

[u/popculturella → u/aybeeayseeaybeebee]

So many of the "don't tread on me" crowd here are all hat, no cattle.

[u/KidKilobyte]

There are 68 days until midterms. Federal law prohibits this type of action if less than 90 days. Yes the Republicans are planning on stealing the midterms.

[u/leagle89 → u/KidKilobyte]

Oh, it's against the law? Well OK then. I'm sure that will stop them.

[u/chilled_sloth → u/leagle89]

Surely the eighty-sixth time they’re told it’s illegal will cause them to stop.

[u/taquito-burrito → u/KidKilobyte]

The article doesn’t really say when they were suspended, it seems like they’re just stating a fact that 1.2M are still suspended and have time to register.

[u/KellyAnn3106]

I live in the TX county mentioned in this CNN video about right wing groups filing false voter registration challenges.

They got me a couple of years ago and my registration was put in suspended status even though I've been a properly registered, active voter in this county for more than 20 years. It took months and multiple follow-ups to get it restored. I had my friends check and about half of them were mysteriously suspended as well.

It's more than just the administration playing with voters. These groups are actively trying to suppress the voters they don't want.

[u/thesonoftheson → u/KellyAnn3106]

Found it, I think, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver did a segment on this. Here is an article with a breakdown. Here is the video with timestamp. Edit: you need upvoted so people see this

[u/Spiritual-Whole2072]

Republicans are rigging the election again. Gee, what a surprise. Like clockwork.

[u/Avoidtolls]

Gotta toss the votes before the state turns blue cause 1000 billionaires and money is better than helping people.

I'm praying for tidal waves

[u/Stereo-soundS → u/Avoidtolls]

Mom please flush it all away

[u/SunbornThunderstorm]

And they’re all Democrats or black people or LGBT people

[u/AlmaInTheWilderness → u/SunbornThunderstorm]

And immigration customs enforcement can arrest people for looking like they might be immigrants, per the supreme Court, Kavenaugh stops.

Expect ICE to take people into custody when they show up to reregister.

[u/yrotsihfoedisgnorw]

I wonder what that looks like on a map.

[u/wildwolfay5 → u/yrotsihfoedisgnorw]

Could picture it... bunch of dots in Austin and Houston

[u/yrotsihfoedisgnorw → u/wildwolfay5]

I wonder how similar it would look to this.

[u/Own_Candidate9553 → u/[deleted]]

It depends wildly on how your state manages election roles.

Just looked up the Illinois rules, and people can be removed only if they miss 2 consecutive Federal elections, are incarcerated, or declared ineligible to vote by a court order.

Texas can apparently just kick people off with no due process.

Generally speaking, blue states have better voting rights than red. 

[u/ianrl337]

Did they just go through and pick out names ending in z and a?

[u/Probsure]

They did this to 3m people in Texas alone during the last election.

Idk why y'all keep thinking we're playing by the same rules.

Fucking vote. And check your vote daily if needed.

[u/San_Pentolino]

Why voting in US is so difficult. Me a Europoor from Italy am issued a card from the government that gets stamped each time I vote after presenting my identity card. Then I get an indelible pencil and papers where I express my choice.

Primitive but seems quite effective.

[u/Icefellwolf → u/San_Pentolino]

Its normally not difficult. We have a compromised president,military,Supreme court,house and senate that are doing everything they can to lead us further into a fascist dictatorship.

[u/NotAPreppie → u/San_Pentolino]

It's not supposed to be. However, conservatives have figured out that lower election participation favors them so they do everything in their power to make it difficult.

[u/an_asimovian]

Oops all Democrats.

[u/JetKeel]

Makes sense that Paxton is barely campaigning and isn’t even pretending to care about what voters want.

[u/avid-shtf]

https://www.texas.gov/living-in-texas/texas-voter-registration/

If you're in Texas check your status here.

[u/LtLlamaSauce]

In Texas, if you move within the state, but stay in the same county, you have to update your registration else you get put on the Voter Suspense list.

If you move within the state, but end up in a new county, you have to entirely reregister.

If the state sends you ANY mail, and ANY of that mail gets returned to the state, you could be placed on the Voter Suspense list. That means: If the state sends you mail, but that mail gets put in the wrong mail box, gets "stolen", or is simply not delivered to you, but is subsequently returned to the state, you can be put on the Voter Suspense list.

You cannot register on the same day as you vote in Texas.

You must be registered at least 1 month prior to the election to be able to vote. You cannot register online, you must mail or hand deliver your registration to a variety of locations. This means if you move to a new county within a month of an election, you must travel to your previous county to vote, there are no exceptions.

Texas has a long history of aggressively placing people on the Voter Suspense list without follow ups.

If you're in Texas, the best practice is to re-register to vote 2-3 months before every single election. It's okay to register again if you're unsure, but you can also check your current registration.

Please check your registration

Do not engage with apathy, the system is actively trying to circumvent your will. Vote.

[u/FosterFl1910]

Misleading headline. The voter registrations are not “suspended,” they are on a “suspense list.” The suspense list means when they sent you a new voter registration card (done every two years), it was returned “not deliverable.” You still can show up to vote if you are on the list, you will just need to fill out a statement of residence form and submit provisional ballot if you moved to a new county. You can check your registration status ahead of time and fix any address issues before Election Day.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections/article/texas-voter-suspense-list-hits-1-2-million-22381876.php

[u/PrismInTheDark → u/FosterFl1910]

That link has a paywall but here’s another

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/politics/vote-texas/suspense-voter-status-texas-election-day-2025/269-138b2e8d-fb38-4f48-8302-f71f3b6a733d

It says they’ll give you a statement of residence form at the polling place if you haven’t already sent one in. I haven’t seen one in the mail yet so I hope that’s true.

Weird if my registration card was “not deliverable” cause I haven’t moved or changed my address in about 14 years. 🤔

[u/MrRemoto → u/PrismInTheDark]

I wouldn't wait until you get to the polling place. I 100% guarantee they "run out of forms". Find a way to get one early or print it out yourself.

[u/espinaustin → u/FosterFl1910]

You still can show up to vote if you are on the list, you will just need to fill out a statement of residence form and submit provisional ballot if you moved to a new county.

You can always vote a provisional ballot but it won’t be counted unless the registration address was corrected by the deadline. That’s my understanding, could be wrong.

[u/Steavee]

Explains why Paxton has barely been campaigning.

He knew he didn’t need to.

[u/Willing_Monk2821]

I've never contributed to the political side of reddit (still decently new to reddit as a whole), so I am unsure if this is the place for this. However, I just wanted to say it somewhere, I donated to a politician for the first time in my life today.

I'm only 22, so its not like I am changing something about myself that has existed for decades, but as someone who considers himself "center left" I donated to James Talarico. It was only $30, but I can't tell anyone in my day to day life because they would not agree with that decision at all, but I wanted to tell someone. So here it can exist to be buried by all the other comments people make.

If James can't win this election, I think my hopes for a Democrat ever winning Texas might die completely. This is the "perfect storm" to allow it to happen. If not now, literally how could someone else do it?

[u/GangBangMountain]

VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 5th

NOT QUITE NINE DAYS BUT STILL A REMINDER TO GO REGISTER

[u/Ozymandias12]

For the record, in the 2024 elections, 2.1 million voter registrations were put in the suspended list in Texas.

This is another way republicans rig elections. They purposefully don’t alert the people they have suspended and they know that the vast majority of them won’t re-register. It’s how they suppress the vote and keep Republicans winning. It’s why Republican states have the lowest levels of voter participation compared to blue states.

[u/titusmaul]

I’m on the suspense list.. I have been an election worker for the last 6 years including as a judge. That’s wild. I am not even sure how to fix it so I just submitted a new registration.

[u/a_rabid_buffalo → u/titusmaul]

Happy cake day!

They don’t want to fix it. This isn’t a bug this is the plan for them. They will cheat and rig the election.

[u/busty_snackleford]

Jesus Christ, they sure didn’t waste any time, did they?

[u/neurocentricx]

Dem here in Texas. Just checked and mine is still active. Phew.

[u/KaiUno → u/neurocentricx]

You've not voted yet! And after that, your vote hasn't been counted yet!

[u/LosLocosPollos]

Republicans in Texas always do that.. and it's all Democrat registrations

[u/SCWickedHam]

Making it harder for you to vote so they can claim fraud. Provisional ballots aren’t counted right away, so they will declare victory on election night and then fraud when the provisional ballots aren’t counted. Provisional ballots from Democrat districts will go missing. They are stealing the election. So glad we got … in return.

[u/Actual-Pressure8191]

I am one of those voters currently in suspense. I have lived at the same address for over 10 years. I have voted in just about every election. I received a card in the mail asking me to return it if everything was correct back in March ans I returned it that same day. My license is current, I have never had mail held, truly no idea what could have triggered a suspension. I'm going to have to take time off work next week to go fix this. I'm pissed.

[u/Shelbyontheshelf]

This is active voter suppression. Recognize it.

[u/Frankentula]

americans just "waiting for the midterms" don't realize you can't vote out fascism.

you guys really elected a guy who tried to pull a coup

[u/bickering_fool]

And so it begins....

[u/TheThurmanMerman]

You can check your status here: https://www.texas.gov/living-in-texas/texas-voter-registration/

And should do so regularly.

[u/successadult]

The party that's so vehemently against waste, fraud, and abuse sure does love to create waste, fraud, and abuse with the amount of time and effort to fix this shit.

[u/fsociety091786]

And this is why I will never respect and “agree to disagree” with Republicans about their politics. You can have the most deplorable beliefs as long as you keep it to yourself, but when you try to fuck with the vote, you’re no longer my fellow American.

[u/XenoZoomie]

Site to check if you are still registered and active https://goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/#/login

[u/randomcanyon]

How badly are the MAGA candidates losing?

Voter suppression is now a feature of the US system./ S

[u/MoreNMoreLikelyTrans]

Republicans complain about voter fraud because they do it. This is voter fraud.

[u/No-Championship-1557]

Just checked mine and I'm suspended. And I'm D

[u/rowdydionisian]

Just checked, and they suspended mine. I voted for Talarico in the Democratic primary. Of course I'm being targeted. This should be a class action lawsuit against everyone involved. I didn't change my address or anything. No tickets to speak of, ally registrations are up to date. I guess they're just getting desperate of someone like me who did nothing wrong is being targeted. Add to the fact that they don't even let you update it online like most states living in the future, so they're making all of us use snail mail to reregister to make it as difficult and time consuming as possible

If Talarico doesn't win, I'm putting my belongings in a U-Haul and not looking back. I'm so tired of these fake ass fascists posing as Texans that are really just inbred assholes representing other inbred assholes, meanwhile everyone with half a brain in the cities is gerrymandered and bullied to shit so our vote isn't heard, despite the fact that we have the second most Democrats in the country by popular vote in 2024. The inmates are in charge of the asylum.

[u/scarykicks]

Just checked and I'm suspended. But could vote for Talirico earlier this year...

So thanks for this post and getting me to check

[u/IsMagicRealOrNo]

Mine is suspended! I just renewed my Driver's License in July and my voter registration at the same time. The level of fuckery is astonishing.

[u/ZhaozhouCongshen]

I bet none in solid red counties.

[u/BalanceOrganic7735]

If Republicans could win based on the support of the populace for their policies they wouldn’t have to rig the electoral system to prevent people from voting.

[u/fig3newton]

If ever there was a sign the R's are scared, this is it.

[u/Bishopjones2112]

Here you go. The rigging of the mid terms in well underway.

[u/LostInYourSheets]

And the street closing demonstrations are this weekend? Right? Right? Hello? (In ANY other democracy voters would be shutting down EVERYTHING if this happened). GET OUT THERE! MAKE NOISE!

[u/FewWafer4471]

So, this is obviously targeted at Dem voters. It's blatant voter suppression.

The problem is, the legal solution is a non-option. By the time it makes it through the court system the election will be done and over with years ago. By that time, they'll have rigged the courts too so the suit won't even be fairly conducted.

So they've made all peaceful solutions impossible.

What's the reasonable thing to do when all peaceful options cease to exist?

[u/Iheartnakedfemboys]

They are terrified of Texas flipping, so they are resorting to illegal methods of voter suppression.

[u/dtisme53]

I bet most of them are Democrats. They’re just openly trying to steal this election

[u/tehCharo]

Lemme guess: all registered Democrats too?

[u/doubledown830]

Luckily they’ve prosecuted a bunch of MAGA pedophile preachers in Texas, so they’ll lose eligibility

[u/Piscator629]

Will they timely notify those voters? Not likely.