…the penalties for illegal voting, a collection of voter fraud offenses that includes marking someone else’s ballot without their specific direction, along with other forms of intentional cheating. When the…
Results for "voter fraud"
Senate Passes Election Bill Fix to Keep Voter Fraud a Felony
UPDATED October 7. A legislative fix to keep voter fraud a felony in Texas sailed through the state Senate this week, but it will stall in the House unless Republicans…
Fraud Fix Filed Amid Phelan Feud With Abbott, Patrick
UPDATED October 2. Amid a voter-fraud feud between Texas’ “Big Three” politicians—Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and House Speaker Dade Phelan—sparked by grassroots activists demanding action, two Republican…
Abbott Adds Voter Fraud Fix to Special Session, Phelan Defiant
Updated to include comments from Speaker Dade Phelan and Texas GOP Chair Matt Rinaldi. Responding to calls from Texans irate over the Legislature “decriminalizing” voter fraud—in a bill intended to…
Texas Secretary of State Details 2020 Election ‘Forensic Audit’
…document what happened, and determine if mistakes or fraud occurred. A forensic election audit examines election administration records to evaluate the accuracy of the reported results as well as compliance…
Election Bill Bait-and-Switch: Texas Lawmakers Lower Penalties for Voter Fraud
…major problem: It actually weakens penalties for voter fraud. On Monday, Grassroots America – We The People tweeted their discovery that Senate Bill 1, Texas Republicans’ signature election integrity measure,…
23 States Pledge to Fight Democrats’ Plan to Dictate Election Laws
…fighting long and hard to pass Texas’s SB 1, which helps stop voter fraud and increase public trust in our elections, I refuse to sit back and allow voters in…
Texas Secures a Win for Election Integrity
…by public officials; require voters to fill out qualifying information on voter registration applications; add procedures for verifying voters’ citizenship using DPS data; hold voter registrars accountable for performing required…
Major Election Integrity Bill Passes Texas House
…other members of the House Democrat Caucus repeated their claims that SB 1 is just a response to the 2020 election and voter fraud isn’t a problem worth addressing. State…
Republicans Advance Texas Election Integrity Bill
…also claimed there is no voter fraud, sparking a lively response from State Rep. J.M. Lozano (R–Kingsville). “We heard [about voter fraud] in special session from witnesses,” Lozano said, brandishing…