Alexa Ura, Texas Tribune
Alexa Ura covers politics and demographics for The Texas Tribune, where she started as an intern in 2013. She previously covered health care for the Trib. While earning her journalism degree at the University of Texas at Austin, she was a reporter and editor for The Daily Texan. A Laredo native, Alexa is a fluent Spanish-speaker and is constantly seeking genuine Mexican food in Austin.
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The extent to which Republicans’ proposed voting restrictions might affect voters of color has received much attention, but Texans with disabilities also face the prospect of new barriers to the ballot box.
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In Texas, Republicans Fight Voting By Mail Expansion While Encouraging Their Voters To Use ItThis article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune.Standing in front of a blue curtain adorned with the seal of the Republican Party of Texas, Allen…
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This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune.A persistent Texas voter, twice thwarted when he tried registering to vote while renewing his…
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If the primary runoff elections are a test run for November, cracks are becoming apparent in the state's voting system as it struggles to function under…
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A lack of workers willing to run polling sites as Texas continues to report record coronavirus infections is forcing election officials in two major…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an initial bid by state Democrats to expand voting by mail to all Texas voters during the coronavirus pandemic.Justice…
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The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a lack of immunity to the new coronavirus does not qualify a voter to apply for a mail-in ballot.In the…
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A federal judge on Tuesday opened a path for a massive expansion in absentee voting in Texas by ordering that all state voters regardless of age qualify…
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Citing the threats of the coronavirus, six Texas voters filed suit in federal court Wednesday challenging restrictions that limit age eligibility for…
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As their counterparts in Iowa reel from a disastrously slow election returns process, Texas Democrats say they're worried that a change in the way Texas…