Texas Officials Address Voter Registration System Failures, Announce Audit and Working Groups
Texas state officials have acknowledged that the upgraded voter registration management system, known as TEAM, has not met performance expectations after more than a year of complaints from county election officials. The state plans to conduct an independent audit of the system and establish working groups aimed at improving its functionality. County election officials have reported that TEAM, rolled out in the summer of 2025, has hindered their ability to perform essential daily tasks and prepare for elections. Issues include slow performance, unexpected shutdowns, and inefficiencies in processing voter registration records, such as the inability to sort records by date or select multiple mail-in ballot records for bulk processing. Christina Adkins, the secretary of state’s elections division director, informed county officials via email that the audit will assess the system's completeness, functionality, user needs, and long-term viability. The state has also introduced a new ticketing system for countie...
