{
  "id": 9649030,
  "title": "Error causes backlog of thousands of Texas voter registration applications",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/error-causes-backlog-of-thousands-of-texas-voter-registration",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T22:49:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6110597-texas-voter-registration-application-backlog/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Texas system error left tens of thousands of voter registration applications unprocessed for months, forcing county election officials to race to process the large backlogs weeks out from the midterm elections. The Texas secretary of state’s office alerted election officials to the issue last week involving a problem with the Department of Public Safety’s...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Texas court ends case against woman sentenced to five years over voting error",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/texas-court-ends-case-against-woman-sentenced-to-five-years-over",
        "published": "2026-09-24T19:46:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}