Gov. Greg Abbott announced that more than a million ineligible voters have been removed from Texas voter rolls since 2021.
While many of those were deceased or had changed their address, over 6,500 are noncitizens, according to a release from Abbott.
About 1,930 of those 6,500 registered noncitizens had a voting history.
He stated that Secretary of State Jane Nelson is “in the process of sending all 1,930 records to the Attorney General’s Office for investigation and potential legal action.”
“Election integrity is essential to our democracy,” said Abbott. “I have signed the strongest election laws in the nation to protect the right to vote and to crackdown on illegal voting. These reforms have led to the removal of over one million ineligible people from our voter rolls in the last three years, including noncitizens, deceased voters, and people who moved to another state.
“The Secretary of State and county voter registrars have an ongoing legal requirement to review the voter rolls, remove ineligible voters, and refer any potential illegal voting to the Attorney General’s Office and local authorities for investigation and prosecution. Illegal voting in Texas will never be tolerated,” Abbott added.
Meanwhile the Secretary of State also released the findings of a four-county election audit that showed persistent problems in Harris County.
