Ken Paxton's voter registration suit against Travis County returned to state court
A federal court on Thursday returned a lawsuit to state court that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had filed against Travis County over an effort to register voters before the November election.
The federal court found that it did not have jurisdiction over the issue, as Travis County officials had argued, and it granted Paxton's request that the lawsuit be returned to state court.
The decision is the latest development in a bitter pre-election brawl between Republican state officials and Democratic county leaders. Republican leaders have maintained that they are trying to keep the state's voter rolls secure ahead of a charged election, while Democrats, county officials and nonprofit groups have accused them of stoking baseless fears to suppress Democratic votes and to cast doubt on the election results.
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https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/10/texas-ken-paxton-travis-county-registration-lawsuit/