Public records request to the Texas Senate seeking records of contracts relevant to the 2021 redistricting process, including for map drawing software, consultants, or legal counsel, as well as for any directives regarding 2021 redistricting.

Records request to several Texas state senators seeking impact assessments and sent communications concerning S.B. 7, which seeks to prohibit the use of unstaffed drop boxes to collect mail ballots, among other things.

Records request to Texas Sen. Paul Bettencourt seeking impact assessments and sent communications concerning S.B. 1591, which seeks to expand the privileges of poll watchers, among other things.

Records request to Texas Sen. Bob Hall seeking impact assessments and sent communications concerning S.B. 1613, S.B. 1607, S.B. 1611, S.B. 1609, and S.B. 1608, all bills that effectively restrict voter access.

Records request to several Texas state senators seeking impact assessments and sent communications concerning SJR 61, which seeks to prevent the amendment or suspension of absentee voting qualifications and procedures except by specific law.

Records request to Texas Sens. Angela Paxton, Robert Hall, and Charles Schwertner seeking impact assessments and sent communications concerning S.B. 1236, which seeks to prohibit any government agency or official from waiving or suspending any section of the election code.

Records request to Texas Sens. Brandon Creighton and Paul Bettencourt seeking impact assessments and sent communications concerning SJR 51, a proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting the unsolicited distribution of an absentee ballot application form.

Open Records Request to Texas Senate for communications and expenditures by Sen. Angela Paxton around her participation in the rally preceding the invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Office of the Texas Secretary of the Senate stated that it had no records responsive to American Oversight's request for email communications with voting-restrictions groups.

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