Texas AG Files Suit Against State’s 5th Largest County Over Voter Registration Push

‘We will stop them and any other county considering such programs,’ Ken Paxton says.

A poll worker stamps a voters ballot before dropping it into a secure box at a ballot drop off location in Austin, Texas on Oct. 13, 2020. Sergio Flores/Getty Images

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday filed a lawsuit against Travis County, which includes the capital of Austin and is the fifth most populous county in the state, over its voter registration policies.

In a lawsuit filed in the District Court of Travis County, the attorney’s office alleged that Travis County hired a third-party company to aid in voter registration, which Paxton said runs afoul of the law. The firm in question, Civic Government Solutions, is a “partisan organization” because its CEO had made public comments about his interest in “progressive” politics, the suit says.