Voting registration organizations have filed a lawsuit against Texas officials, accusing them of failing to ensure that eligible voters can register properly. The lawsuit comes as Texas election officials struggle to process a backlog of nearly 600,000 voter registration applications due to a major state computer system failure, just days before early voting is set to begin on Monday.
Background
The disruption has raised serious concerns about the state’s voter registration system. Voting rights organizations claim that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is responsible for the issue, which originated from a software error affecting a website used for driver’s license applications that also allowed Texans to register to vote.
According to the lawsuit, between October 2025 and February 2026, residents who indicated they wanted to register to vote received receipts confirming their selections, but their registration information was never recorded.
Legal Challenge
The League of Women Voters of Texas and Move Texas Civic Fund, a nonprofit focused on increasing civic participation among young Texans, brought the legal challenge against state officials. The lawsuit states:
“"Defendants have breached and continue to breach the contract by failing to maintain the procedures that ensure simultaneous online voter registration with driver license renewal or change of address transactions."
