Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) has removed over one million individuals from the state’s voter rolls in an ongoing effort to prevent ineligible voters, including non-citizens, from participating on election day.
The move on voter fraud comes 69 days out from the Tuesday, November 5 2024 presidential election.
According to Newsweek, 1.1 million people have been removed from the voter rolls since Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) was signed into law in September 2021. This group includes individuals who have moved out of state, are deceased, or are not American citizens.
At the time, the law was viewed as part of a broader effort by Republican-led states to ensure voter integrity following the 2020 presidential election.
Governor Abbott’s office reports that those removed from Texas voter rolls include over 6,500 noncitizens, more than 6,000 voters with felony convictions, over 457,000 deceased individuals, more than 463,000 voters on the suspense list, and over 134,000 voters who confirmed they had moved in response to an address confirmation notice.
Another 65,000 voters who failed to respond to a notice of examination have been ruled out along with over 19,000 voters who requested to cancel their registration.
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