Judge Dolores Lozano among 300,000 Harris County voters on suspense list

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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Judge Dolores Lozano tells ABC13 she got quite the surprise when she checked her voter-registration status over the weekend.

Lozano, who is the elected Justice of the Peace in Harris County Precinct 2, Place 2, says her status showed up as "suspense."

"I was really surprised to learn that was on there," Lozano said. "It came out of nowhere."

The Texas Secretary of State's website says a voter's status is listed as "suspense" when "the registrar is not certain of your residential address."

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Harris County Voter Registrar Annette Ramirez emphasized that having the status requires you to provide an updated address, but does not prohibit you from voting.



"You can still show up and vote," she said.

Ramirez said there are a few reasons why a voter's status might fall under this category.

She said it can happen when a voter-registration certificate is returned as non-deliverable, a jury summons is returned as non-deliverable, or if the United States Postal Service notifies a registrar's office of a change of address.

"We currently have about 300,000 on the suspense list in Harris County," Ramirez said.



Ramirez said anyone with the "suspense" status can rectify their situation by updating their address on Texas.gov.

She said you can also update it by going through your local voting registrar's office.

You can also change your status at your local polling place when you go to vote later this year.

Lozano, who has already gone through the process of updating her status, said this experience served as a good reminder.

"Make sure you're staying vigilant with your voter-registration status," she said.



The deadline to register to vote in the State of Texas for this year's midterms is Oct. 5.
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