{"id":2331686,"date":"2024-08-27T12:27:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T16:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-governor-removes-1-million-ineligible-voters-from-rolls\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T12:33:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T16:33:42","slug":"texas-governor-removes-1-million-ineligible-voters-from-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-governor-removes-1-million-ineligible-voters-from-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Governor Removes 1 Million Ineligible Voters From Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-governor-removes-1-million-ineligible-voters-from-rolls%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2331686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas Governor Greg \u200dAbbott announced that since \u200d2021, the state has removed over 1.1 million ineligible voters from its rolls, including 6,500\u2062 individuals identified \u200das potential noncitizens. Abbott emphasized\u2064 the\u2062 state&#8217;s \u200ccommitment to preventing\u200c illegal voting and\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-revive-court-packing-calls-after-supreme-court-decisions-favoring-conservatives\/\" title=\"Democrats Revive Court-Packing Calls After Supreme Court Decisions Favoring Conservatives\">safeguarding election integrity<\/a> \u200dfollowing the enactment of Senate\u200c Bill 1, which\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-calls-for-a-special-session-to-impose-even-more-taxes-on-oil-and-gas-despite-highest-prices-in-the-nation\/\" title=\"Newsom Calls For A Special Session To Impose Even More Taxes On Oil And Gas, Despite Highest Prices In The Nation\">imposes strict regulations<\/a> on voter registration and\u200d mail-in voting. The removals included more than 457,000 deceased individuals, over 6,000 people with felony convictions, and noncitizens with past voting history. The Secretary of State&#8217;s\u200b office is now forwarding \u200cthese records to\u200d the attorney general for investigation. Additionally, House Bill 1243, signed \u2063last year, categorizes illegal voting as a \u200dsecond-degree felony. Abbott noted that \u200dstate authorities are legally\u2063 mandated to monitor and \u200dmaintain the integrity \u2063of \u2064voter rolls, referring cases of potential illegal\u200d voting for further legal action.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, announced Monday that the state has removed more than 1.1 million ineligible voters, including 6,500 potential noncitizens, from its rolls since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Illegal voting in Texas will never be tolerated,&rdquo; Abbott said in a press <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-announces-over-1-million-ineligible-voters-removed-from-voter-rolls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">release<\/a>. &ldquo;We will continue to actively safeguard Texans&rsquo; sacred right to vote while also aggressively protecting our elections from illegal voting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Abbott signed Senate Bill 1 in 2021. The election integrity <a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/tlodocs\/871\/billtext\/pdf\/sb00001i.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">measure<\/a> made it a felony to lie while registering to vote, banned &ldquo;vote harvesting&rdquo; and unsolicited distribution of mail-in ballots, and required officials to reject mail-in ballots with errors.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the state has removed from its voter rolls more than 457,000 dead people, more than 6,000 people with felony convictions, and 6,500 potential noncitizens &mdash; 1,930 of whom had a voting history.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;The secretary of state&rsquo;s office is in the process of sending all 1,930 records to the attorney general&rsquo;s office for investigation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/monday-november-1st-2021\/\" title=\"Monday | November 1st, 2021\">potential legal action<\/a>,&rdquo; reads the release.<\/p>\n<p>Legal noncitizens could have gotten a license from the Texas Department of Public Safety and since become a naturalized citizen, according to the secretary of state&rsquo;s office. Officials would send these individuals notices asking them for proof of citizenship, and they are only removed if they fail to respond.<\/p>\n<p>This is what happened with the 6,500 potential noncitizens registered to vote, according to the secretary of state&rsquo;s office. Due to the possibility that this number could include noncitizens who have since been naturalized, the state is referring the registrations to the attorney general for investigation, but not necessarily prosecution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Abbott signed <a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&amp;Bill=HB1243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Bill 1243<\/a> last year, making illegal voting &mdash; including &ldquo;voting by noncitizens&rdquo; according to the release &mdash; a second degree felony.<\/p>\n<p>Texas also removed more than 134,000 voters who confirmed they had moved, more than 19,000 who canceled their registrations, more than 463,000 on the registration &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/webservices.sos.state.tx.us\/document-share\/files\/Suspense%20List%20Mass%20Cancellation%20Process.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suspense list<\/a>,&rdquo; and more than 65,000 who failed to respond to a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.state.tx.us\/elections\/forms\/pol-sub\/21-43f.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notice<\/a> of examination.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The secretary of state and county voter registrars have an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greg-abbott-touts-over-a-million-ineligible-people-removed-from-texas-voter-rolls-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Greg Abbott touts over a million \u2018ineligible\u2019 people removed from Texas voter rolls - Washington Examiner\">ongoing legal requirement<\/a> to review the voter rolls, remove ineligible voters, and refer any potential illegal voting to the attorney general&rsquo;s office and local authorities for investigation and prosecution,&rdquo; Abbott said in the release.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott also signed Senate Bill 1113 and House Bill 574 in 2021. According to the release, SB 1113 allows the secretary of state to withhold funding from counties that keep noncitizens on voter rolls, and HB 574 classifies knowingly counting invalid votes &mdash; or refusing to count valid votes &mdash; as a second degree felony.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These reforms have led to the removal of over 1 million ineligible people from our voter rolls in the last three years, including noncitizens, deceased voters, and people who moved to another state,&rdquo; Abbott said in the release. &ldquo;Election integrity is essential to our democracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When The Federalist contacted Abbott&rsquo;s office for comment, a staff member directed inquiries to the secretary of state&rsquo;s office. <\/p>\n<p>Alicia Phillips Pierce, assistant secretary of state for communications, told The Federalist that Texas is checking its voter rolls on a &ldquo;continual basis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are continually reviewing the voter registration rolls,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We work with other state agencies to get information about people who may not be qualified voters. We then send that to the counties to investigate removing them from the rolls.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Texas&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.state.tx.us\/about\/newsreleases\/2024\/060424.shtml\">deadline<\/a> for &ldquo;sweeping list maintenance&rdquo; passed Aug. 7.<strong> <\/strong>According to the secretary of state&rsquo;s office, if there is reason to believe a voter is ineligible, it is still possible to individually remove him or her from the rolls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>      Logan Washburn is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-clark-county-keeps-commercial-addresses-on-voter-rolls\/\" title=\"Lawsuit: Clark County Keeps Commercial Addresses On Voter Rolls\">staff writer covering election integrity<\/a>. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo&#8217;s editorial assistant, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan is originally from Central Oregon but now lives in rural Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, revealed on Monday that the state has eliminated over 1.1 million ineligible voters from its rolls since 2021, which includes 6,500 individuals suspected of being noncitizens. In a press release, Abbott stated, \u201cIllegal voting in Texas will never be tolerated.\u201d He emphasized the state&#8217;s commitment to protecting Texans&#8217; right to vote and ensuring elections are free from illegal activities. <\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Abbott signed Senate Bill 1 aimed at enhancing election integrity by making it a felony to provide false information during voter registration, prohibiting &#8220;vote harvesting&#8221; and unsolicited mail-in ballot distribution, and mandating the rejection of mail-in ballots with errors. Since then, Texas has removed over 457,000 deceased individuals from its voter rolls along with more than 6,000 people with felony convictions and the aforementioned potential noncitizens\u2014of whom nearly 2,000 had previously voted.<\/p>\n<p>The secretary of state\u2019s office is currently forwarding all records related to these individuals to the attorney general for investigation and possible legal action. Legal noncitizens may have obtained licenses from the Texas Department of Public Safety before becoming naturalized citizens; thus officials send notices requesting proof of citizenship before removal if there is no response.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott also signed House Bill 1243 last year which classifies illegal voting\u2014including by noncitizens\u2014as a second-degree felony. Additionally, Texas has removed over 134,000 voters who confirmed they moved away or canceled their registrations; more than 463,000 were placed on a registration &#8220;suspense list,&#8221; while over 65,000 did not respond to examination notices.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott noted that both the secretary of state and county registrars are legally required to review voter rolls regularly for ineligible voters and refer any suspected illegal voting cases for investigation or prosecution. He also enacted Senate Bill 1113 and House Bill 574 in 2021; SB 1113 allows withholding funds from counties that retain noncitizen voters on their lists while HB 574 makes it a second-degree felony to knowingly count invalid votes or refuse valid ones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese reforms have resulted in removing over one million ineligible individuals from our voter rolls within three years,\u201d Abbott stated. \u201cElection integrity is vital for our democracy.\u201d When The Federalist reached out for comments regarding this issue at Abbott&#8217;s office , they were directed to Alicia Phillips Pierce at the secretary of state\u2019s office who confirmed ongoing reviews of voter registration lists: \u201cWe continually assess our voter registration rolls,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for comprehensive list maintenance passed on August\u00a07th; however individual removals can still occur if there are grounds for believing someone is not eligible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":2331687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Greg-Abbott.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[39412,3694,6431],"class_list":["post-2331686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-ineligible-voters","tag-texas","tag-voter-registration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Greg-Abbott.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/507"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}