On Wednesday, October 10th, the Waller County Sheriff's Department in Hempstead, Texas confirmed that Jacob Aronowitz, a campaign staffer for Democratic congressional hopeful Mike Siegel, had been arrested. Aronowitz was delivering a letter to the Waller County Elections Administrative office, one that demanded the county update the voter registration status of students who attend Prairie View A&M University, a historically black university.
Texas' secretary of state announced Friday that students at Prairie View A&M University will be allowed to vote in November's election without having to fill out change of address forms, and that officials will be stationed at a campus polling sites to ensure there are no problems casting ballots. Democrats had complained that officials might block students at the historically black college from voting because of issues over addresses they used to register to vote.
In this undated photo provided by the Bland family, Sandra Bland poses for a photo. The family of Bland, who was found dead in her Texas jail cell, assert that she would not have taken her own life, but authorities are pointing to mounting evidence that they say shows she hanged herself.