Travis County officials sued Attorney General Ken Paxton and Secretary of State Jane Nelson on Tuesday over the state’s attempt to block voter registration efforts ahead of a hotly contested presidential election.

KXAN Avery Travis and Will DuPree sit down with Travis County voter registrar Bruce Elfant, who talks about the importance of registering to vote.

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.

Austin's Travis County — a longtime blue stronghold — has filed a federal lawsuit against Texas AG Ken Paxton and Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson over the state's efforts to block municipal voter-registration efforts before 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.

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,

Jolt Initiative said the Texas Attorney General pushed them to provide private voter information. TEXAS, USA — A Texas-based nonprofit is suing state Attorney General Ken Paxton after they say he demanded private voter records in August.

Travis County leaders filed on Tuesday a federal complaint against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, arguing his lawsuit attempted to violate the National Voter Registration Act and suppress voter registration efforts.

Travis County leaders are defending their efforts to register residents to vote after Attorney General Ken Paxton sued them. The AG is accusing them of spending public funds on a partisan voter registration company.

Paxton requested to block a plan from Bexar county to mail registration applications with an outside vendor. The request was moot, according to the judge.

Travis County officials are expected to provide an update Tuesday on a lawsuit Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed against Travis County Judge Andy Brown and others over their decision to use public funds for voter registration initiatives.