AUSTIN, Texas _ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday asked a federal appeals court to block a San Antonio judge's order that gave state officials 45 days to correct an online voter registration system that was found to violate federal law.
U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia on Monday ordered officials to create a process that lets Texans simultaneously register to vote when they obtain or renew a driver's license on the Department of Public Safety website. The current system violates the National Voter Registration Act's motor-voter provision by adding several hurdles to the registration process, the judge ruled.
Paxton quickly informed the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that he intends to challenge Garcia's order.
On Friday, Paxton followed with a request for an emergency order blocking Garcia's 45-day deadline to act.
