State investigates Harris County for allegedly registering P.O. boxes as voter addresses

The Texas Secretary of State has initiated an investigation after state Sen. Paul Bettencourt filed a complaint claiming that Harris County allowed voters to register their home addresses as post office boxes in violation of bills he authored in 2023.

In a November letter to Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Annette Ramirez, Bettencourt asserted that Harris County failed to remove voters from the county’s rolls who had registered their addresses to local United Parcel Service stores. The alleged oversight, he wrote, could put the county in violation of state laws that aim to boost election integrity.

The complaint mentions two UPS locations on Westheimer Road and Waugh Drive that found more than 120 registered voters registered to P.O. boxes there.

In a statement on Tuesday, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson said that county election officials are obligated to maintain accurate voting registrations and remove ineligible voters.




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