Texas sued after glitch delays almost 600,000 voter registrations
Texas faces a lawsuit after a software glitch delayed nearly 600,000 voter registrations before early voting.Summary
Texas election officials are struggling with a backlog of nearly 600,000 voter registration applications due to a state computer system failure, just before early voting opens Monday. A lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters of Texas and Move Texas Civic Fund alleges that a software error in the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) website caused registrations made through driver's license applications between October 2025 and February 2026 to never be recorded. The suit names Secretary of State Robert Howden and DPS Director Freeman F Martin, demanding a working registration process and records of the failures. The incident has drawn national attention amid a closely contested Senate race and concerns over voter suppression.
(Source：the Guardian)