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Caitlin Cicchetpi moved to Harris County from Washington state in early June. Despite registering to vote within the same month, she said her voter registration was not confirmed until earlier this week.

She said she had to reach out to the county, the Texas Secretary of State’s office, and her local state representatives over a period of several months to confirm her registration.

"The frustrating part was that nobody seemed to be taking it seriously," Cicchetpi said. "It's really frustrating. Where is the integrity behind the work that's being done in elections in this state?"

As of Oct. 9, there were 21,172 Harris County voter registration applications that were submitted by the Oct. 6 deadline and were still pending verification, according to t

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