Texas

In Texas, election administration functions in a seemingly constant back-and-forth between urban election offices, state officials, and the state judiciary. Local officials in the state’s largest counties — Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, Bexar, and Travis— have tested the limits of Republican state leaders through the expansion of progressive election policy, especially since the election of Donald Trump in 2016.

This report will explore the interactions between municipal and state administrators over the last four years, and what issues onlookers might expect to arise in the administration of the November 2024 election and its aftermath. Through an exploration of historical election data, election administration policy changes, and an evaluation of administration performance in recent elections, this report will address Texas’ election-related strengths and weaknesses as we inch closer to November.