Texas Department of Public Safety

An unknown number of voter registration applications in Texas went unprocessed because of an error at the Department of Public Safety, according to Votebeat reporting. The failure means some applicants may not be registered to vote in upcoming elections, and election officials are working to determine how many people were affected and how to remedy the gap before registration deadlines.

A Texas Department of Public Safety error has affected voter registrations, raising concerns that some residents may not be properly registered ahead of upcoming elections. Officials and voting-rights advocates are calling for a full accounting of how many people were impacted and for affected voters to check their status before registration deadlines pass.