Unknown number of Texas voter registrations went unprocessed due to DPS error

An unknown number of Texas voter registration applications submitted through the Texas Department of Public Safety's online driver's license portal failed to be processed and sent to county registrars due to incomplete records, discovered just weeks before the midterm elections and the October 5 voter registration deadline. The DPS portal has processed about 6 million voter registrations since 2020, making this a potentially significant issue, though state officials have not disclosed how many applications were affected or what information was missing. Voters whose registrations were impacted can still have their ballots counted as provisional ballots if they registered before the deadline.