The national government does not oversee elections in the states. Following the ratification of several amendments (14, 15, 19, 24, 26) as well as the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the national government has provided a degree of protection for the right to vote, but that does not mean that they oversee their operations. They respond if someone claims that their voting rights have been unlawfully impeded.
Elections are overseen, separately, in each of the states in that state's office of the Secretary of State.
- Click here for the Texas Secretary of State (it is part of Texas' plural executive)
Among their duties is establishing the elections calendar in the state.
- Click here for the November 3, 2020 Election Law Calendar.
