Texas Federal Judge Rules that 127K Drive-In Ballots Cast in Harris County are Valid, Cannot be Thrown Out

HARRIS COUNTY(WBAP/KLIF)- About 127,000 drive-in votes in Harris County will be counted, per a ruling by a federal judge. A group of Republicans challenged the voting method, claiming it violates the U.S constitution, but the argument didn’t hold up in court. Governor Abbott said it was very unlikely that a court would throw out ballots…MORE

The Tarrant County Elections Office Hires More Board Members to Count Mail-In Ballots, After Scanning Error

TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- The Tarrant County Elections Office hired additional ballot board members after facing a shortage of workers available. “This was due to a variety of reasons. Most of them expressed concerns about the pandemic and having to work with multiple others around them and certain difficulties to achieve social distancing especially the work…MORE

League of Women Voters of Texas Urges Voters to Continue Casting Record Numbers of Ballots Election Day

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Election day is tomorrow and politicians, advocacy groups and election officials are making their final pitch for Texans to continue to show up in record numbers at the polls. When early voting closed Friday, more than nine million votes had been cast in Texas. The numbers shattered the total vote count in…MORE

Actor Eddie Hassell Fatally Shot in Grand Prairie

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) — The actor Eddie Hassell, known for his roles in the NBC show “Surface” and the 2010 Oscar-nominated film “The Kids Are All Right,” has died after a shooting in Texas, police said. He was 30. The shooting happened early Sunday in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie, police said. Grand…MORE

Trump Decries FBI Investigation of Texas Supporters Surrounding Biden Bus

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested the FBI should stop investigating an incident in which his supporters were seen surrounding a Biden campaign bus in Texas, which led Democrats to cancel an event there. The president’s tweet came hours after the FBI confirmed that it was “aware of the incident and investigating.”…MORE

Texas Supreme Court Denies GOP Effort to Reject Houston Votes

DALLAS (AP) – The Texas Supreme Court has denied a Republican-led petition to toss nearly 127,000 ballots cast at drive-thru voting places in the Houston area. The state’s all-Republican high court on Sunday rejected the request from GOP activists and candidates without explaining its decision. The effort to have the Harris County ballots thrown out…MORE

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