Harris County clerk defends voter outreach and removes audience subsets
Harris County Clerk's OfficeCounty elections office, in an office statement posted on Teneshia Hudspeth's campaign account
The clerk's office defends the legality of its outreach while announcing that it has deactivated the Meta audience subsets.
“We are confident that our voter outreach efforts are lawful.”
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Texas AG's office sues Harris County clerk over Meta ad targeting; county officials defend the outreach
The Office of the Texas Attorney General sued Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth and communications director Irene Nunez over voter-information advertisements using Meta audience interests. The state alleges that the targeting favors selected racial and ethnic groups and violates the Texas Constitution. County officials defend the outreach as lawful and intended to provide election information to eligible voters. Late on October 29, the clerk's office said it deactivated the audience subsets to avoid distractions, while continuing to defend its actions.
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The office says its outreach is lawful while announcing the removal of audience subsets.
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The office's statement responds to the attorney general's office lawsuit and says the office is committed to giving all qualified voters accurate, timely and nonpartisan election information.
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The office says it does not seek to influence how anyone votes, and that its responsibility is to administer fair, transparent and accessible elections under federal and Texas law and to give every qualified voter the information needed to vote.
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Why this label?
The office expressly defends the outreach under scrutiny. Removing the settings to avoid distractions does not retract that defense.
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