{"id":446560,"date":"2026-09-24T19:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T19:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/446560\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T19:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T19:42:11","slug":"el-paso-county-faces-12000-voter-registration-backlog-after-state-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/446560\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso County faces 12,000-voter registration backlog after state error"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A state-level technology error has triggered a backlog of about over 10,000 records in El Paso County, according to the El Paso County Elections Department.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 24 hours, Texas county voter registrars statewide have received a rush of new voter registrations and voter registration updates submitted through the Texas Department of Public Safety dating as far back as October 2025, the department said. <\/p>\n<p>In El Paso County, the elections department said it received approximately 12,000 records to process as a result of the technological error, creating additional processing time and challenges.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/el-paso-county-election-guide-for-nov-3-general-election?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso County Election Guide for Nov. 3 General Election<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The elections department said El Paso voters shouldn&#8217;t be worried, as staff is working to ensure everything is processed before the Oct. 5 deadline. <\/p>\n<p>The elections department encouraged voters to verify their registration status and ensure their information is up to date by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epcountyvotestx.gov.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.epcountyvotestx.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Voters with questions can call 915-273-3597 or email <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/epelections@epcountytx.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">epelections@epcountytx.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/el-paso-county-approves-east-montana-water-and-sewer-rate-hikes-after-months-of-debate?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso County approves East Montana water and sewer rate hikes after months of debate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A state-level technology error has triggered a backlog of about over 10,000 records&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-446560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}