Overview
- State data released in late August 2026 show roughly 1.2 million Texas registrations—about 6% of the electorate—are on the Secretary of State’s 'suspense' list.
- Being on the suspense list does not cancel a registration; voters who still live at the listed address can cast a regular ballot after completing a Statement of Residence and those who moved may need a limited or provisional ballot.
- Counties reported large pockets of flagged voters, including about 129,000 in Dallas County and roughly 198,000 in Harris County, with tens of thousands more in Collin, Denton, Tarrant, Fort Bend, Montgomery and Brazoria counties.
- Registrations are placed on suspense when official election mail like registration cards or jury summonses are returned as undeliverable or when officials have reason to believe a voter moved, and a registration left on the list for two federal cycles (four years) can be removed.
- Officials urge Texans to check VoteTexas.gov or contact county elections offices and to update registrations by Oct. 5 because unresolved suspensions can create extra steps at the polls that could matter in close statewide races.