Skip to page content
Power & PoliticsUnited States edition
Sections
Only your five-digit ZIP code is sent. We never ask for your address.
Independent · nonpartisan
Voting history · Texas

Texas

A dated list of changes to how Americans vote: district maps, polling places and drop boxes, voting laws and rules, and courts and election officials. Each entry says who did what and when, shows what became of it, and links to the page it rests on. Attempts that failed are listed as failed. Entries that rest on a news report name the outlet.

This is the state view: events recorded for Texas, then national events that apply here. See the national timeline.

Congressional districts in Texas

Choose a district to see the events tagged to it. A number after the district is how many events name it.

Kind of event
Decade

In Texas

2013

  1. Jun 26, 2013 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Governor signs new congressional, Texas House and Texas Senate maps in a special session

    The Legislature's records show Senate Bill 4 (congressional), Senate Bill 3 (Texas House) and Senate Bill 2 (Texas Senate) of the 83rd Legislature, First Called Session, each signed by the Governor on June 26, 2013, after being sent to him on June 24, 2013.

    Related: Supreme Court reverses most of a Texas court's rulings against the 2013 maps

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

2012

  1. Mar 5, 2012 County Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Justice Department objects under Section 5 to Galveston County's 2011 commissioners court plan and precinct reductions

    In a letter of March 5, 2012, the Justice Department addressed Galveston County's 2011 commissioners court plan and the reduction in justice of the peace posts from nine to five and constables from eight to five. The letter states that, on behalf of the Attorney General, the writer must object to the plan and the reductions, stating that "under the benchmark plan, minority voters in three districts could elect candidates of choice; but under the proposed plan, that ability is reduced to one."

    Related: Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, rules Section 2 does not allow coalition claims in Galveston County case

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

  2. Feb 7, 2012 County Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Justice Department objects under Section 5 to Nueces County's 2011 commissioners court plan

    In a letter of February 7, 2012, the Justice Department did not object to the county's justice of the peace and constable plan but stated: "on behalf of the Attorney General, I object to the 2011 redistricting plan for commissioners court." The letter reports that 60.6 percent of the county's 2010 Census population was Hispanic and discusses an alternative plan presented at a June 15, 2011 public hearing.

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

Nationwide

Nothing here matches the filters you chose. Clear the filters.

How this timeline is built

Every entry rests on at least one source that was opened and read, and that source states the date and the fact. Courts, legislatures, election offices, the Justice Department, the Census Bureau, the Federal Register and Congress.gov come first. A news report is used only when no official page states the fact, and it is labeled with the outlet's name. Encyclopedias are not used as sources. History starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act. County names come from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer. Congressional district numbers are those in use for the 2026 election; an event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district.

When a later event changes an earlier one, such as a law later struck down, both entries are listed and point to each other. This page does not predict outcomes or say which party a change helps. U.S. House maps for 2026 · Back to the 2026 voting center.