Houston (AP) – The Republican Governor of Texas Greg Abbott announced on Monday that a special election To fill the late Democrat in the United States Renew the criticism Other elections in the Houston region.
Abbott’s announcement that the special elections will take place on November 4 came when the Democrats accused the governor of delaying the elections after The death of March 5 of Turner To help Republicans maintain their thin margin as a razor in the American house. Abbott has the only power to call for a special election.
The governor said that the wait “will give sufficient time in Harris county to prepare for such an important election”.
Harris County, where Houston is, was confronted careful examination in recent years because of problems that long linesVoting shortages and voting bulletins and voting bulletins that were not counted on the day of the elections.
“The safe and secure elections are essential at the base of our state,” Abbott said in a press release. “Forcing Harris County to rush this special election over a week notice to harm the interests of voters.”
With 5 million residents, most of whom are Latin or black, the county is the most populated in Texas and the third most little people in the United States
Harris county’s lawyer Christian Menefee, one of the candidates in the running for the former Turner headquarters, criticized the expectation. Menefee had called for an election in June.
“It is unacceptable to leave nearly 800,000 people in this district without representation at the Congress for most of the year,” said Menefee in a statement. “We will go through the Hurricane season, budgetary battles and attacks on Social Security and Medicaid without anyone at the table that is fighting for us.”
Menefee, as well as the chief of the minority of the American democratic house Hakeem Jeffrieshad threatened to continue Abbott for the delay.
Last week, Teneshia Hudspeth, Director of Harris County elections, said the county was “fully prepared” to keep the elections.
In 2023, Abbott signed a bill that deleted Harris County Elections Administrator and transferred responsibility to other local officials, including Hudspeth. Hudspeth noted that since then, “my office has succeeded in eight elections.”
Turner, a former mayor of Houston, died just a few weeks after his first mandate in the congress.
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