Houston Chronicle: “Texas has once again shattered vote registration records, adding more than 1.5 million voters since the last presidential election. Texas now has surpassed 16.6 million voters, according to the latest numbers announced Tuesday by Texas Secretary of State Ruth R. Hughs. And there are still almost two weeks to add more. ‘Ahead of the November election, I encourage all eligible Texans who have not already done so to register to vote by Oct. 5 so that they can help shape the future of the Lone Star State,’ Hughs said.”
“In the four previous presidential election cycles, Texas added about 700,000 new voters on average — less than half as many as have been added this cycle. That fast growth in voters adds another wrinkle to Texas politics that already have been shifted by the pandemic. Campaigns don’t know how those voters are going to break or even if they are going to show up to vote at all, said Brandon Rottinghaus, a University of Houston political science professor.”