TX-18: Early-voting period in Houston area's 18th Congressional District extended [View all]
A district judge has ordered Harris County to extend the early voting period for the runoff election in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, after polling stations were closed Sunday and Monday due to severe weather.
The Texas Civil Rights Project on Sunday filed a lawsuit against the county on behalf of organizations Houston Justice and Pure Justice, asking to add Jan. 28 and Jan. 29 to early voting.
“While understandable in light of severe weather and safety concerns, these closures will make it impossible for some of Plaintiffs’ members and other voters in Congressional District 18 … to exercise their right to vote in this important special runoff election,” the lawsuit said.
On Monday, Judge Latosha Lewis Payne granted the groups’ request. According to her order, the county is required to operate the same early voting locations that were set for Monday on Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Meanwhile, the Sunday polling places would have to be open from noon to 7 p.m. on Thursday.
https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/01/26/18th-congressional-district-harris-county-houston-early-voting-extended-storm/