Groups have altered or stopped voter outreach efforts, worried about criminal penalties.
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Some local election officials must now process thousands of voter address updates before early voting starts Monday.
State officials first acknowledged the hundreds of thousands of unprocessed applications about a month ago.
The groups are asking a judge to enforce a 2021 settlement aimed at providing Texans a reliable way to register to vote online through the Department of Public Safety.
Frustrated election officials say technology glitches with Texas’ TEAM system are making it harder to get through a backlog the state revealed last month.
Officials were warned of problems months ago and said they were resolved. But issues persisted, leading to a backlog of hundreds of thousands of records.
A DPS snafu created a backlog of at least 200,000 applications dating back a year, sparking bipartisan calls for an investigation.
State Sen. Paul Bettencourt said he’s also concerned about ongoing issues with the state’s voter registration system.
The backlogged voter registration applications from DPS date as far back as October 2025, the leader of an association of county election officials said.