Texas Republicans push for voting restrictions in Harris County.

Texas Republicans are targeting Houston, the state's largest city and Democratic stronghold, with a series of bills that would limit local authority to administer elections and give that power to the state. The bills would impact elections in Harris county, the third most populous county in the country, and could give the Texas secretary of state administrative oversight of a county office administering elections. The move is part of a trend of Republicans trying to make it more difficult to vote and to subvert local control. The county is planning to file a lawsuit, and advocates and Democratic lawmakers are concerned that a handover of election duties so shortly before an election could cause chaos.