Final answer:
High voter registration rates are not associated with low voter turnout; they should lead to higher turnout. Factors causing low voter turnout in Texas elections include voter suppression tactics, inconvenient polling locations, frequent elections, weekday voting, and restrictive voter registration processes.
Step-by-step explanation:
Among the reasons given for low voter turnout in Texas elections, option 4) High voter registration rates, is not a reason for low voter turnout. In fact, high registration rates would theoretically lead to higher turnout if all other barriers were removed. Major factors that have been identified as contributing to low voter turnout include lack of interest in politics, voter suppression tactics such as strict ID laws and cutting early voting, inconvenient polling locations, the frequency of elections leading to voter fatigue, the timing of elections during the week when individuals may have work or school commitments, as well as restrictive and often confusing voter registration processes.
Some argue that making Election Day a national holiday or voting on a weekend could improve turnout. Moreover, institutional factors such as registration hurdles, frequency of elections, and changes in election laws post-Shelby v. Holder decision, have been shown to impact voter turnout negatively.