There are more than 2,500 potential illegal immigrants registered to vote in Texas, the state’s secretary of state revealed.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced in a press release Monday that discrepancy was discovered after the names of registered voters were run through the federal SAVE database. There were 2,724 potential non-citizens listed, The Western Journal reported.
There are 18 million registered voters in Texas.
“Only eligible United States citizens may participate in our elections,” Nelson said in the news release.
“The Trump Administration’s decision to give states free and direct access to this data set for the first time has been a game changer, and we appreciate the partnership with the federal government to verify the citizenship of those on our voter rolls and maintain accurate voter lists,” she said.
Texas counties will now investigate those potentially ineligible voters. They will be removed if they are not American citizens.
If they are able to provide proof of citizenship, they can vote, per the release.
If they are deemed non-citizens, they could be investigated by the Office of the Attorney General for violating Texas law.
“Everyone’s right to vote is sacred and must be protected. We encourage counties to conduct rigorous investigations to determine if any voter is ineligible — just as they do with any other data set we provide,” Nelson said.
“The SAVE database has proven to be a critically important data set and one of many that we will continue to use in Texas to ensure that only qualified voters cast a ballot in our elections,” she added.
Harris County had the largest number of potential non-citizens with 362; Dallas County was second at 277.
Nelson removed 33 voters from the rolls in June. They were then referred to Texas Attorney General Kan Paxton.
According to a report on Fox News, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said the state has filtered its voter rolls since 2021.
That is when Senate Bill 1 was signed into law to reform elections.
