Texas PURGES one million ineligible voters from voter rolls, including non-citizens and dead people
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared on Monday, Aug. 26, that more than one million ineligible voters have been taken out from the state’s voter rolls in the past three years, including more than 6,500 noncitizens and 457,000 people who are dead.
Of the 6,500 probable noncitizens deleted from the voter rolls, about 1,930 have a voter history. Abbott said those records were handed over to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for investigation and probable legal action. (Related: Texas AG announces major election fraud raids after organization accused of registering noncitizens to vote.)
The voter roll cleanup began in 2021 when Abbott signed Senate Bill 1, aimed to support election integrity and security.
“Election integrity is essential to our democracy. I have signed the strongest…
