Last Day to Register, with Eyes on and Dollars in Texas Elections - Daily Dispatch 10/05/26 · Progress Texas Podcasts · Radar

Voter Registration and Election Protection1:00 – 2:39

Tatum OwensHost

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As mentioned, today is the last day to register to vote in the November midterm elections in Texas.

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And dear listeners, you know what I am about to say.

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Double check it on GoVoteTexas.org and then make your voting plan today.

Tatum OwensHost

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You heard me on Friday to double check your own, your friends, your exes, and I hope over the weekend you even reminded random folks at the muddy ACL Fest or at the store Halloween shopping.

Tatum OwensHost

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I'll bet if you're listening, you're good to go and have checked.

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and shared our voting navigation resource available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Mandarin, and Hindi with friends and family.

Tatum OwensHost

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So the question becomes, what's next? Our team has created an election protection series with the Texas Civil Rights Project, answering your questions on how Texas elections changed this year and what voters can do to protect their participation at the polls.

Tatum OwensHost

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Listen to the four-part series, but one major step we shared with you that you can easily take as early voting approaches in two Mondays from today, that's October 19th, is to become a poll monitor with the TCRP.

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What's that? That's someone who stands outside the polls, talks to voters, and answers any questions they have, and directs them to the voting hotline 866-R-VOTE.

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Direct voter and election protection at the polls.

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Link in the show notes to sign up today.

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Efforts like the TCRP's Poll Monitor program and series with us matter all the more with disinformation at an all-time high and risk.

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and with the obstacles we discuss in the TCRP series hurting equal access to the polls, like SCOTUS decisions, racial redistricting, and bureaucratic holdups at the last minute backlogging and clogging voter registrations.