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RandySF

(82,957 posts) Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:25 PM Saturday

Public voter lists show ID, address and party, fueling debate over election privacy

Abilene, Texas — Some Taylor County residents are raising privacy concerns about a Texas law that requires counties to publicly post daily early voting turnout information, including voter ID and party affiliation.

Taylor County Elections Administrator Freda Ragan said her office is required to make the information available online under Texas Election Code Section 87.121. “We are required by law to post that information on our websites, and we have to have it out there by 11 a.m.,” Ragan said.

Ragan said the county typically provides a link to the Secretary of State’s website because the county uploads the information nightly. “Every night we upload that information at people who have voted or who have returned a mail ballot, we upload that information to the Secretary of State, and they post that on their website,” she said.

The issue drew attention after a resident posted online that they learned early voting results are being posted each day on the county’s website, including voter ID number, names and addresses. The post sparked mixed reactions, with one resident saying they were proud to share their political affiliation publicly and another saying that decision should remain private.

https://ktxs.com/news/local/public-voter-lists-show-id-address-and-party-fueling-debate-over-election-privacy

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Public voter lists show ID, address and party, fueling debate over election privacy (Original Post) RandySF Saturday OP

Results are NOT posted... BaileyBill Saturday #1

Addresses are not supposed to be posted. Although I have seen a few goofs that posted addresses. LeftInTX Sunday #2

Brazoria lists are updated daily - include name, address, and precinct TBF Monday #3

BaileyBill

(175 posts)

1. Results are NOT posted...

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:16 PM

Saturday

Only the number of voters in each Party's primary that day. Results will not be tabulated until after the close of voting on election day.

By law, if you vote in one Party's primary election, you are ineligible to vote in the other Party's run-offs or participate in their County or State Conventions. Come November, however, you are free to vote for either Party's candidates in the general election. In order for this law to be enforced it is necessary for one's primary voting participation be publicly connected to one Party. It's been like this forever.

LeftInTX

(34,039 posts)

2. Addresses are not supposed to be posted. Although I have seen a few goofs that posted addresses.

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Sun Feb 22, 2026, 02:05 AM

Sunday

TBF

(36,204 posts)

3. Brazoria lists are updated daily - include name, address, and precinct

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 07:35 PM

Monday

There is one spreadsheet for republicans, the other for democrats. I will have to check and see if I can find the voting totals. I know they do it daily but I can't remember if it's on the same spreadsheets on a daily basis, or separated into another document. At the end of early voting there will be a cumulative spreadsheet showing how many dem votes, repug votes (showing both early and mail in). Eventually the whole sheet is finalized with the election day votes as well. A lot of spreadsheets! They are all on the county website, publicly available.

They know which party you voted for but not which candidates.

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