“The Trump Administration’s decision to give states free and direct access to this data set for the first time has been a game changer, and we appreciate the partnership with the federal government to verify the citizenship of those on our voter rolls and maintain accurate voter lists,” she added.
Nelson said Texas counties will investigate those potentially ineligible voters and remove them if they are not American citizens.
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“Everyone’s right to vote is sacred and must be protected. We encourage counties to conduct rigorous investigations to determine if any voter is ineligible — just as they do with any other data set we provide,” Nelson said.
“The SAVE database has proven to be a critically important data set and one of many that we will continue to use in Texas to ensure that only qualified voters cast a ballot in our elections,” she continued.
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In June, Nelson removed 33 voters from the rolls. These voters were referred to the office of Texas Attorney General Kan Paxton.
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said that since 2021, when Senate Bill 1 was signed into law to reform elections, Texas has winnowed down its voter rolls, according to Fox News.
“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,” Abbott said.
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“We will continue to actively safeguard Texans’ sacred right to vote while also aggressively protecting our elections from illegal voting.”
Abbott has said that due to the effort, Texas is “leading the nation in election integrity.”
* Original Article:
Thousands of Illegal Immigrants Found Registered to Vote in Texas
