The Texas Governor announced today that over 1.1 million ineligible voters have now been removed from the voter rolls since 2021.
Governor Abbott has categorized the ineligible voters so that we can see how it breaks down. 6,500 of the removed voters were noncitizens and of those 6,500, nearly 2k had a voter history. The AG’s office is now pursuing legal action against these noncitizens for voting illegally.
Of the over 6,500 noncitizens removed from the voter rolls, approximately 1,930 have a voter history. The Secretary of State’s office is in the process of sending all 1,930 records to the Attorney General’s Office for investigation and potential legal action. To better crackdown on illegal voting, Governor Abbott signed House Bill 1243 into law last year, increasing the penalty for illegal voting, including voting by noncitizens, to a second-degree felony.
Here’s the full breakdown:
| Over 6,500 | noncitizens |
| Over 6,000 | voters who have a felony conviction |
| Over 457,000 | deceased people |
| Over 463,000 | voters on the suspense list |
| Over 134,000 | voters who responded to an address confirmation notice that they had moved |
| Over 65,000 | voters who failed to respond to a notice of examination |
| Over 19,000 | voters who requested to cancel their registration |
| Total | Over 1.1 million |