As of 2022, Texas was deemed the fifth most difficult state to vote in.
To be eligible to vote in Texas, a person has to satisfy an array of restrictive ID requirements. Restrictive voting laws disproportionately impact people of color, a demographic that accounts for approximately 58.6% of the state's population.
Only 57.1% of the 18.6 million registered voters cast ballots in the 2024 general election. That’s 9.6 percentage points lower than the state's total turnout in 2020.
Only 61 of 181 State Legislators are women.
Only 7 of Texas’s 40 Representatives in the U.S. Congress are women.
Texas has a near total ban on abortion and allows for civil lawsuits against any doctor who performs an abortion after a heartbeat is detected (around 6 weeks).
