A Texas district court judge on Monday denied a request by Attorney General Ken Paxton to block a Bexar County plan to mail voter registration forms to county residents ahead of the November election,

The fight over voter registration in Texas Democratic-leaning cities is heating up. In Tuesday, Travis County sued Texas state officials — including right-wing Attorney General Ken Paxton — over his repeated attempts to block the state’s urban counties from registering voters by mail.

On Tuesday, County Judge Andy Brown, County Attorney Delia Garza, County Tax Assessor-Collector Bruce Elfant, and County Commissioner Jeff Travillion held a press conference on National Voter Registration Day to address Paxton's lawsuit and announce their counter lawsuit, according to Austin Monitor coverage.