
Natalia Contreras
Reporter at Votebeat
Reporter asking all the questions about voting and election administration in Texas for @VotebeatUS | bilingüe 🇲🇽 | she/her
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1 week ago |
votebeat.org | Jen Fifield |Natalia Contreras |Alexander Shur |Carter Walker
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest. Civic News Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Carrie Levine as the new editor-in-chief of Votebeat, its nonprofit newsroom dedicated to election administration coverage.
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homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Natalia Contreras
ELECTION INTEGRITYTexas’ Mail-in Voting Rules Pushed Voters to Cast Ballots in Person — or Not Vote at All, Study FindsPublished 29 May 2025New research from the Brennan Center for Justice suggests that 2021 ID requirements in a recent overhaul of Texas election laws could explain some of the drop in mail voting. Some county election officials across Texas say the number of people voting by mail has dropped since 2020, but they’re not sure why.
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rawstory.com | Natalia Contreras
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. Some county election officials across Texas say the number of people voting by mail has dropped since 2020, but they’re not sure why. New research suggests that the recent overhaul of state election laws could explain some of the drop.
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texasstandard.org | Natalia Contreras
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here.
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texastribune.org | Natalia Contreras
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here.
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Maybe MAYBE we could have a #txlege that meets annually instead of every other year 🤷🏽♀️

One of the worst things about the Texas Legislature is how members make regular citizens — whose input they ostensibly want — wait hours and hours, sometimes well past midnight, to testify before committees. Good read here by @alereports ⬇️ https://t.co/EtHcjc6M0j

RT @lmcgaughy: Over more than a decade covering the #txlege, I’ve seen this so many times. Regular people taking off work, getting a sitte…

RT @levinecarrie: I don't have an Illinois reporter for @VotebeatUS (yet), but I kinda want to know if the new pope is a UOCAVA voter?