Harris County received challenges to thousands of voter registrations. It rejected them all.

The Harris County Elections Administrator’s Office received a flood of affidavits this summer challenging the eligibility of thousands of registered voters throughout the county, accusing them of not living at the addresses listed on registration records. None of the affidavits led to county elections officials removing any names from the voter rolls. The affidavits are linked to efforts by a conservative grassroots organization called the Texas Election Network, which earlier this year attempted to get Sunnyside residents to sign forms verifying the identities of registered voters living at their addresses.

Each affidavit alleges that numerous registered voters in Harris County “do not reside at the addresses listed on their voter registration records,” as required by state election law. Upon receiving a sworn statement challenging a voter’s residence, election officials must send a “Notice of Address Confirmation” to the voter in question. The challenges were first reported by The New York Times, which found the affidavits disputed the eligibility of more than 6,000 voters. In all, the Elections Administrator’s Office received 115 affidavits, according to Leah Shah, a spokesperson for the elections office. Of those, Shah said, 66 were rejected because they “did not meet statutory requirements and contained incomplete information.” Another 49 challenges came in after Aug. 10, the 90th day before the election. The National Voter Registration Act of 1993, known as the "motor voter act," bars election officials from performing most voter-roll maintenance activities within 90 days of a federal election. The restriction applies to any program intended to “systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official list of eligible voters,” including “general mailings and door to door canvasses,” according to the Justice Department.