Texas governor threatens state takeover of Houston elections

exas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) threatened Houston with a state takeover of its elections on Thursday — an escalation of long-simmering GOP threats to gain control of voting in the fourth-largest city in the United States.

“They should be stripped of operating elections and state officials should take over. Potential legal charges should also be considered,” Abbott wrote on social media, calling Harris County a “repeat violator of election integrity.”

Abbott was reacting after a complaint by a GOP state lawmaker alleged voters were unlawfully registered using commercial post office box addresses. But elections in Harris County, home to Houston, have been a top focus of Texas Republicans for years.

In a comment to Democracy Docket, Lesley Briones, a Democrat who serves on the five-member county governing body known as commissioners court, pushed back on Abbott’s claims.



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