Daily Dispatch 8/16/24: Right Wing Group Mounts Massive Attack On Texas Voter Rolls, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A Houston-based right-wing group has been bombarding election officials in Texas with thousands of objections to voter rolls: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/16/voter-registration-challenges-texas/ ...The Texas Tribune has posted a great guide on the obstacles and opportunies that Texans with disabilities need to be aware of for November: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/16/texas-voter-disabilities-election-2024/ Yet another child sex abuse scandal has popped up related to Gateway Church in Southlake: https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/gateway-church-new-lawsuit-child-sex-abuse/ Texas has been revealed as the national leader - by a long shot - in child marraiges: https://www.newsweek.com/child-marriages-map-1937901 Ken Paxton will atone for those felony securities fraud charges he dodged for almost a decade by volunteering at a food bank: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/ken-paxton-food-bank-19658618.php Arts supporters in Lubbock are pushing back against their MAGA City Council and mayor who have stripped funding from their montly arts walk: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/15/lubbock-art-trail-drag-show-council-vote/ Progress Texas will set up our official HQ during TribFests' Open Congress on Saturday Septmeber 7 at Hideout Coffee at 7th and Congress! We'll be live all day recording for the podcast, hanging out with progressive activists including YOU, and moving our stylish merch. Come see us - it's free! https://festival.texastribune.org/event/651560b0-5404-4ea0-b75e-8725c648826d/websitePage:64071bfd-7c25-49f7-a1ca-90f3fa6ff376 See Progress Texas' analysis of Project 2025, and what it will mean for Texas should it be enacted: https://progresstexas.org/blog/project-2025-vs-progress-2025 ...And a complete guide to Project 2025 from Media Matters: https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration The deadline to register for the November election is October 7. Are you registered? Are you sure? ALL Texas voters should confirm their registration, right now: https://govotetexas.org/ Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at https://progresstexas.org.