Key GOP lawmaker says state should have caught error that delayed at least 178,000 Texas voter registrations - texastribune.org

The Texas Department of Public Safety failed to forward thousands of voter registration applications and updates that residents submitted through its online driver's license portal. Some of those submissions date back at least a year. Counties statewide are now scrambling to process a sudden backlog of applications that should have landed on their desks months ago.

For Lubbock County residents who registered or updated their voter information through the DPS portal, there's a real chance their paperwork never made it to local election officials on time, which could affect their status heading into upcoming elections.

The fallout lands squarely on county election workers who didn't cause the problem but now have to fix it. Voters who assumed their registration went through when they renewed a license or updated an address may find out otherwise, and local offices are the ones left explaining the gap.