Natalia Contreras is a bilingual community reporter at VotebeatUS, focusing on voting and election administration in Texas. Her work delves into themes of government, politics, and public policy, with a keen interest in regional and world news. Natalia's reporting has been featured in numerous outlets, including Raw Story, San Antonio Current, and The Texas Tribune.
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Natalia Contreras' reporting primarily focuses on local government, elections, and legal policy regulation in Texas with an emphasis on Harris County. Her articles often cover election challenges, ballot counting issues, voter fraud concerns and their impact on the political landscape.
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Even after this year’s chaos, lawmakers are unlikely to curb parties’ sway over primary elections.
By: Natalia Contreras
Local GOP and Democratic county leaders have control, taxpayers foot the bill and voters have little recourse. But lawmakers are unlikely to change how Texas' primary elections work.
By: Natalia Contreras
This coverage is made possible through Votebeat , a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access.
By: Natalia Contreras
The 1965 federal law helped Latino and Black voters gain representation in city and school boards across Texas but now that could change.
By: Natalia Contreras
The Voting Rights Act helped Latino and Black voters gain representation in city and school boards across the state, but now that could change.
By: Natalia Contreras
The 1965 federal law helped Latino and Black voters gain representation in city and school boards across Texas but now that could change.
By: Natalia Contreras
Guillermo Ramos remembers seeing few elected leaders who looked like him while he was growing up in the 1980s in Farmers Branch, a fast-growing affluent suburb northwest of Dallas.
By: Natalia Contreras
Last fall, Texas used a federal database to flag over 2,000 registered voters as potential noncitizens, but the state may already have verified citizenship of hundreds.
By: Natalia Contreras
County officials found that hundreds of the flagged voters registered through DPS, which requires proof of citizenship.
By: Natalia Contreras
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced Tuesday she will resign effective July 17, capping off three and a half years as the state’s top election official.
