and 1 outta every 3 new registrations comes from 3 of the biggest blue counties in the state.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Texas-voter-registration-surges-to-16-4-million-15399835.php
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Texas voter registration surges to 16.4 million, despite the pandemic

Not even the worst pandemic to hit Texas in a century was enough to stem the surge in voter registrations that has remade the state’s electorate over the past four years.

Just since March, Texas has added nearly 149,000 voters even as the political parties and voter registration groups face new obstacles in signing up people in a world of social distancing and stay-at-home orders.

The state now has a record 16.4 million voters, 2.1 million more than it had just over four years ago — a 15 percent increase in registrations that is nearly equivalent to the voter rolls of the entire state of Connecticut.

“It is a totally different electorate than it was in 2016,” said Luke Warford, voter expansion director for the Texas Democratic Party.

Harris and Bexar counties have led the way in the last three months with voter registration efforts. In Harris County, voter rolls have grown by 16,000, while in Bexar they are up almost 14,000. Combined, the two counties account for one-fifth of the increase in registrations statewide.

Warford said for both parties and all candidates, those new voters have thrown a wild card into the 2020 elections as the parties try to get them to break their way. Texas just isn’t accustomed to this sort of surge.

Texas voter registration rolls historically have grown slowly. From 2002 to 2012, the rolls grew by 800,000. But now, registration is in hyperdrive. Just since November 2018, Texas has added almost 600,000 voters.

Some of the change is coming from transplants moving from other states, while many others are coming from minority communities that voter registration advocacy groups have targeted over the last four years.

In short, Brandon Rottinghaus, a University of Houston political science professor, said 2020 is setting up as a real shootout in regions of the state that have become more competitive because of the diversification and growth of the electorate.

“It’s another step toward Texas being a true battleground,” Rottinghaus said.
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harris county (blue) unveiled an ambitious plan to increase voter access/participation even greater than 2016/2018.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1298976058054717441

the houston rockets are also opening the doors to their arena in harris county including the 2 week early voting period with 12 hour operation every single day of the week.
https://twitter.com/Rockets_Insider/status/1298996462122962944

wanna know how panicked republicans are in the state?
https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1299433739945160704