Texas investigates citizenship of over 2,000 voters

Texas counties will probe citizenship records for 2,724 registered voters who appeared to be noncitizens, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson said on Monday. She released the files to county authorities after her office finished checking the entire Texas voter list against a federal citizenship and immigration database, she said. The state in total had more than 18 million registered voters, she said.

Nelson on social media thanked the federal government for recently granting states free, direct access to the database.

How will county authorities check citizenship? Voters suspected of being noncitizens would receive notices requiring them to present proof of citizenship within 30 days, Nelson said. Counties would cancel voter registration after that time if they failed to receive proof. Any noncitizens found to have previously voted in a Texas election would then be referred to the state attorney general for prosecution, she said.

A previous review of potential illegal voters in the November 2024 election found that 33 noncitizens voted, according to Nelson.

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