Hi, friends.

Although the primary election is behind us, election officials have for weeks been publicly discussing how GOP-led changes to how and where people vote have affected voters.

In Dallas County, I reported that the Republican Party’s decision to eliminate countywide polling sites led about 13,000 Republican and Democratic voters to show up at the wrong place on Election Day.

The same thing happened to voters in Williamson County, North of Austin, where Republicans also got rid of countywide polling sites. Officials said misinformation led to threats against the county elections administrator and her staff. I’m still trying to gather more details about this incident, so stay tuned for additional reporting from me.

Election officials across the state have been preparing for municipal and school board elections May 2 and for the statewide primary runoff election May 26. Remember that if you voted in the Republican primary, you’re only allowed to vote in the Republican runoff election. The same applies to voters who cast ballots in the Democratic primary.

In other news, last fall I reported that the state had not cross-checked its own records before flagging more than 2,000 people as “potential noncitizens” on the voter roll. Now, voting rights groups are challenging the state’s use of a federal database to verify the citizenship of people on the voter roll. One of the plaintiff’s requests of the court is to prohibit the Texas Secretary of State’s Office from sending lists of potential noncitizens to the counties without a “uniform” investigation first.

Lastly, this week, President Donald Trump signed a second executive order on elections. The order seeks to further restrict who can vote by mail, but multiple election experts told us they expect the order to be blocked by the courts. Even if it isn’t blocked, election administrators say implementing it wouldn’t be feasible prior to the November election. Here’s why.

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