(ProsperNews.net) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that the state has removed 1.1 million names from its voter rolls since the 2020 presidential election. This move comes after Texas found these individuals to be ineligible to vote. The process was part of the state’s efforts to ensure election integrity, which Abbott has emphasized as crucial to democracy.
In 2021, Abbott signed a significant election integrity bill known as SB 1. This law requires the Texas Secretary of State to work closely with the Department of Public Safety to regularly check voter rolls against citizenship data in their system. These checks are conducted monthly to ensure that only eligible voters remain on the rolls.
“Election integrity is essential to our democracy,” Abbott said in a statement. He highlighted that Texas now has some of the strongest election laws in the country, aimed at protecting the right to vote while cracking down on illegal voting. According to Abbott, these efforts have resulted in the removal of over one million ineligible voters in the last three years, including noncitizens, deceased voters, and those who have moved out of state.
The Texas government has referred cases involving ineligible voters who participated in elections to Attorney General Ken Paxton for further investigation and potential prosecution. Abbott stressed that the Secretary of State and county voter registrars have a legal obligation to review voter rolls, remove ineligible names, and report any instances of illegal voting as the state continues its efforts.
Abbott made it clear that illegal voting will not be tolerated in Texas. He promised that the state would continue to safeguard the voting rights of Texans while also aggressively protecting elections from fraud.
The governor’s office provided details on the reasons for voter removal. The largest group disqualified was made up of individuals on the “suspense list,” which includes people who failed to confirm their current residential address in Texas. This group accounted for more than 463,000 individuals. Another significant category was “deceased people,” with over 457,000 names removed as part of the broader voter purge efforts.
Additionally, about 6,500 noncitizens were taken off the voter rolls, and nearly 2,000 of those noncitizens had allegedly cast votes in previous elections.
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