{"id":447286,"date":"2026-09-25T11:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/447286\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:18:10","slug":"texas-counties-scramble-to-process-delayed-voter-registration-applications-from-dps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/447286\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas counties scramble to process delayed voter registration applications from DPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Voters have just more than a week to register to vote if they want to cast a ballot in the Nov. 3 election.<\/p>\n

Even if people think they\u2019re registered, state officials are asking them to double-check.<\/p>\n

This message comes after local county election boards received hundreds to tens of thousands of DPS voter registration applications that were backlogged, some dating back to October of last year.<\/p>\n

>> How to make sure you\u2019re registered to vote in the Nov. 3 election<\/a><\/p>\n

Election offices across the region are rushing to process a backlog of voter registration applications after a \u201ctechnological error\u201d<\/a> kept some submissions from the Texas Department of Public Safety from reaching local counties for much of the past year.<\/p>\n

The issue affects people who registered to vote while renewing a driver\u2019s license or changing their address through DPS.<\/p>\n

Those applications are normally sent daily to county election offices for processing, but after DPS switched to a new system, counties said they stopped receiving the usual number of applications.<\/p>\n

Kendall County elections administrator Staci Decker told KSAT her office noticed the drop and reported it to the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we normally got from DPS was about 40 applications a day,\u201d Decker said. \u201cThen that went down to under 20 applications a day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Decker said state officials acknowledged that multiple counties reported similar problems, but DPS said it had been sending all of the applications it received.<\/p>\n

That changed Wednesday evening, when Kendall County and other election offices received hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of applications from DPS around 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

Election officials in 10 surrounding counties said the sudden influx means staff will need to work extra hours, including possible weekend shifts, to process the applications before the Oct. 5 voter registration deadline.<\/p>\n

The delayed applications are adding pressure on county offices during an already busy election season.<\/p>\n

Local election workers now must review and enter the backlog while continuing to handle regular voter registration work.<\/p>\n

Voters who recently registered through DPS and want to confirm their status before the November election can check their registration at VoteTexas.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

County election offices will continue processing the applications ahead of the Oct. 5 deadline.<\/p>\n

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