DPS Screw-up Threatens Thousands Of Voter Registrations In Texas, And More - Daily Dispatch 9/23/26

Progress Texas Podcasts · Sep 23, 2026 · 10m

An apparent error with a Texas Department of Public Safety online portal used since from 2020 to 2024 by around 6 million Texans - a full third of our entire voting electorate - has compromised the voter registration of an unknown number of Texans. It would appear that Ken Paxton has finally and fully chickened out of a debate with James Talarico. And as more details emerge in the ICE shooting in Austin of Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, the picture of what happened only becomes more complicated.

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