Monday’s Houston Matters: Voter Registration Deadline, And Texas Prisons In The Pandemic (Oct. 05, 2020)

On Monday’s Houston Matters: Today is the deadline for Texans to register to vote in the November election. We consider which court battles changed the nature of our election, including the 2013 strike down of the preclearance provision in the Voting Rights Act, which required federal approval for changes in election procedures in Texas and other Southern states. Also this hour: Elective procedures that were put on hold during social distancing orders put many hospitals… Read More