State Rep. Hubert Vo wants to let 17-year-olds vote in party primaries. The Houston Democrat/slumlord introduced a Constitutional Amendment 34 that will let anyone vote in the primaries who “will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the subsequent general election.” This sounds like a massive hassle for county voter registrars, not to mention a whole new arena for voter fraud.
While Texas’ law was blocked by a federal appeals court last week, Paxton says the state is not giving up.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and FBI San Antonio say that the situation is under investigation.
Thousands of volunteers and first responders deployed to the area for recovery operations.