Gov. Greg Abbott recently announced some 6,500 noncitizens had been removed from the voter rolls—2,000 of whom had voting histories. Meanwhile, Attorney General Ken Paxton has created a “tipline” for Texans to report suspected violations of state election laws.
Yesterday, we asked readers if they thought illegal aliens or other noncitizens were registered to vote in their communities.
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Here is a sampling of the comments we received from our readers after they voted in the survey.
“Illegal aliens, dead people, people who no longer live here, and people who never were here are all on the voter rolls.” – David Vargha
“This is Austin. Of course, noncitizens are voting.” – Cindy Armstrong
“Are you kidding me? Of course, there are illegals registered to vote in my district.” – Charles Koenig III
“I live in a County that has a whole subdivision of illegals. I’m sure you all have heard of Colony Ridge.” – Vicky Jackson
“My best guess, even though I live in Williamson County, is probably.” – Rick Goncher
“We are here: DPS is required to verify citizenship status; federal data on illegal immigration is unreliable; AG Paxton announced an investigation into questionable voter-registration efforts under the nose of DPS Director McCraw; and McCraw announced his retirement. I do not question the integrity of my election administrator, but no EA’s data is better than the data provided by DPS. Considering the 2020 election, what’s a reasonable suspicion?” – Mark Juleg
“I live in Harris County and this most definitely a problem and should be dealt with here.” – Nita Sergent
“I want to say that no illegals are registered to vote in McKinney or anywhere else in Collin County, but I don’t know that for sure.” – Ann Sampson
“I believe noncitizen voting is the only reason the Biden/Harris administration has flooded the country with millions of immigrants.” – Jerry Harben
“I think illegal voting is in EVERY community, though I have no proof. It has been way too ‘circumstantial’ in the last few elections for someone to come from behind at the last second. This has to stop.” – Kimberly Ingram
“I know that my father was still on the voter rolls because I got a call soliciting his vote 4 years after he died. I asked how they got his name and was told it was from the voter registry. … I believe that our county elections office tries hard to maintain accurate voter registrations, but I’m certain some slip through the cracks. I’d like to think that there’s not nearly as much fraud in Midland County as in some other districts.” –Steve Price
“While I do not personally know any illegal aliens registered to vote in my community, I believe it’s like asking if there are any ants at a picnic. Just because they aren’t on my picnic blanket, it doesn’t mean they aren’t in the park!” – Karen Breazeale
“I live in rural Northeast Texas. No illegals registered here that I am aware of. However, we are vigilant.” – John Denison
“In a small community, everyone knows everyone. If an illegal shows up to vote, the poll workers would recognize it immediately, so it pretty much doesn’t happen. The problem is the big blue cities, with their anonymity and propensity for cheating.” – Markay Rister
“I don’t know for a fact if we have non-citizens on the voter rolls here. But I wouldn’t be a bit surprised. An awful lot of screwy stuff seems to happen every election.” – Bob Davi
