Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the removal of more than one million voters from the state’s voter rolls, including illegal aliens, in a move aimed at protecting election integrity.
Back up: In 2021, Abbott signed bill SB 1, which tightened voting regulations and expanded poll watcher rights.
The details: In a statement released Monday, Abbott said, “Election integrity is essential to our democracy” and listed the number of ineligible voters removed since SB 1 was signed in 2021:
- Illegal aliens: 6,500+
- Voters with felony convictions: 6,000+
- Dead people: 457,000+
- Voters on the suspense list: 463,000+
- Voters who moved out of state: 134,000+
- Voters who failed to respond to notice of examination: 65,000+
- Voters who requested to cancel their registration: 19,000+
The grand total is over 1.1 million ineligible voters.
Zoom out: The governor’s office says over 2,000 of the illegal aliens found on the voter roles have already cast ballots in past elections.
Back up further: In 2017, Abbott signed bill SB 5 to increase penalties for election workers who allow illegals to vote.
What happens next? Abbott reiterated that Texas Secretary of State Ken Paxton and local authorities will continue to monitor voter rolls and prosecute all who violate them.
Zoom out: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently removed 6,300 non-citizens from his state’s voter rolls.
Big picture: This is not an isolated issue. If there were thousands of illegals on the voter rolls in Texas and Virginia, you can be sure there are more in critical Democrat-controlled swing states like Arizona and Pennsylvania.
