Paxton's complaint was filed against Brown, all four county commissioners and Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar Bruce Elfant. The same officials are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit Travis County filed Tuesday morning against Paxton and Nelson.

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.

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.