Austin, TX
TikTok video brings attention to lack of online voter registration in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — A video from Hood County Democratic Party Chair Adrienne Quinn Martin gained more than 41,000 views on TikTok in late July. The video highlights the lack of an online voter registration process in Texas. It shows the Texas Secretary of State’s online form where applicants can fill out their information and press submit.
What You Need To Know
- A video from Hood County Democratic Party Chair Adrienne Quinn Martin highlights the lack of an online voter registration process in Texas
- Texas is one of seven states that do not have online voter registration
- Nearly one week after Martin’s video became popular, she posted a second video showing that the Secretary of State changed its form
- Online registration is only available if renewing a driver’s license, as Texas Republicans have shot down efforts to expand the online application to all prospective voters for nearly a decade
Martin says she made the video because she got several calls in 2020 from voters who thought they were registered, waited in line to vote, and were turned away.
Online registration is only available if renewing a driver’s license, as Texas Republicans have shot down efforts to expand the online application to all prospective voters for nearly a decade. Texas is one of seven states that do not have online voter registration, so the website can be misleading.
“I went on all seven websites and none of them had the kind of deceptive form like Texas. And Texas was absolutely the biggest one of them,” said Martin.
Nearly one week after Martin’s video got popular, she posted a second video showing that the Secretary of State changed its form.
A spokesperson for the Secretary of State’s office, Alicia Pierce, says they updated the button to “add clarity to the process,” adding that the “office helps facilitate voter registration multiple ways, including providing an online application form Texans can, print, sign and mail.”
“Every eligible voter has the right to cast a ballot,” said Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson.
But ultimately counties are responsible for their own voter registration administration. It’s why hundreds of election officials flocked to Austin Tuesday to prepare for November’s election.
“Talk to other counties and how they do their stuff to give us good ideas in what we do,” said Sheila Houston with Jasper County.
Part of the collaboration includes ways to store the paper registration information. Casey McClellan’s company, ECM Today, digitally stores data for 10 Texas counties. A juxtaposition to the voter registration process, but McClellan says it’s just as secure.
“There are many layers of security that have to be proven in order for a document to be stored,” said McClellan.
Martin still believes online registration should be allowed in the state.
“Texas is too big of a state to be this far behind in technology that we’re still having to have paper to register to vote,” she said.
Voters can check their registration status or find an application to register on VoteTexas.gov. The last day to register to vote for the November election is Oct. 7.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Cade Klubnik carved up Texas’ defense Saturday night like nobody else this season, just not enough to complete a spectacular homecoming.
Klubnik, Clemson’s junior quarterback from Austin, passed for 336 yards — the most by a Texas opponent this season — and three touchdowns. He directed a second-half comeback that gave No. 12 seeded Clemson a chance to overtake No. 5 Texas after falling behind by 18 at halftime.
But the Tigers fell short, losing the College Football Playoff game 38-24.
“I’m hurting a lot,” Klubnik said. “It was fun to come home, but it was not a vacation. It was time to come win a football game, and we didn’t do that.”
Klubnik led the Tigers (10-4) on a four-play, 55-yard touchdown drive in the third quarter, the final 25 on a pass to running back Jarvis Green that left Clemson trailing 31-17.
He directed a 64-yard touchdown drive early in the fourth quarter. His 7-yard pass to T.J. Moore, on fourth-and-6 left Texas ahead by just a touchdown, 31-24.
“We put ourselves in a position to win,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “That young man (Klubnik) has grown into an amazing leader. You’re never out of a game with him.”
Texas (12-2) made Klubnik’s job a lot tougher when Jaydon Blue raced 77 yards for a touchdown on the Longhorns’ first possession after Moore scored.
Nevertheless, Klubnik led Clemson 74 yards to the Texas 1, connecting with Moore three times, including completions covering 29 and 30 yards.
But Klubnik was stopped by Texas safety Michael Taaffe on third down and Keith Adams was stuffed on fourth by Bill Norton and Barryn Sorrell.
Clemson’s comeback attempt was over when Klubnik’s pass on fourth down was broken up by Taaffe at the Longhorns’ 25 with 1:16 left.
Taaffe and Klubnik were teammates at Westlake High School when they won the 2020 Texas state high school championship together. The quarterback they beat that day? Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers.
That history and rivalry added some extra spice to Klubnik’s trip home.
Another Westlake teammate, Texas defensive end Ethan Burke, sacked Klubnik in the first half Saturday.
Earlier in the week, Taaffe said Klubnik was his “best friend” on the Westlake team when they won that state championship.
“We were definitely sharing words back and forth, that was fun,” Taaffe said. “He’s a great guy. He had a great game.”
Another body was found in the popular Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, where other deceased individuals were found recently.
The latest body found joins the growing mystery after at least 6 additional bodies were found throughout the year in the lake in 2024. On Friday, police were called to investigate reports of a dead person in the water near 1st Street Bridge and the 300 block of Cesar Chavez.
The Austin Police Department (APD) said that they do not suspect foul play as the body showed no signs of trauma, but are investigating the incident.
Despite APD attempting to quell community fears, questions and speculation have run rampant. Police have attributed most of the deaths to accidental drowning due to the lake’s proximity to nightclubs and bars.
BODY FOUND IN SAME AUSTIN LAKE WHERE OTHER DECEASED INDIVIDUALS DISCOVERED IN RECENT MONTHS
Mounted police patrolling down Rainey Street after several bodies appeared in a nearby lake. (Matteo Cina/Fox News Digital)
The most recent body was found on December 1. The victim was recently identified as 73-year-old Thi Lang Nguyen. Austin police said that there is nothing connected to the other deaths this year.
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In September, a man was behaving erratically near East Cesar Chavez and Nueces Streets. He then went into the water and did not resurface. He was later pulled out and pronounced dead.
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Back in February, a woman’s body was found in the water about 20 feet from the north shore and in April, a fisherman spotted another person floating in the water.
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In July, a man was suffering from blunt force trauma on the trail near Rainey Street. The man was pronounced dead a short time later.
In September, a body was found along a trail near the lake off Pleasant Valley Road.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the APD for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
Born and Braised, a food trailer specializing in native wild game meats and seasonal food, recently opened at the Sign Bar in Austin at 9909 FM 969, Building 3. Chef and owner William Woodland, a.k.a. Woody, is looking forward to his new venture and serving wild game meats and other special menu items to Austinites.
Menu items customers will enjoy includes birria tacos, birria ramen, venison frito pie, pulled pork Cubano tortas, venison bratwurst, venison smash burger, and sides like braised greens, beans, and street corn.
Born and Braised started at Lustre Pearl in 2022. The food trailer moved to Sage Brush for over a year. The trailer worked at Bastrop, but now it operates in East Austin at the Sign Bar.
Born and Braised hours include Tuesdays through Fridays from 4 pm to 2 am, and Saturdays from 11 am to 2 am, at Sign Bar Austin (9909 FM 969, Bldg. 3).
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- Address: 9909 FM 969, Bldg. 3, Austin, TX
- Website: https://bornandbraisedatx.square.site/
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