By Mary Rooke
Americans must realize that one of the greatest battles for fair elections is which state has the cleanest voter rolls.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the state removed over 1.1 million ineligible voters from its voter rolls, including over 6,500 non-citizens, of which approximately 1,930 have voted in previous elections, according to a press release on Monday.
Election integrity is essential to our democracy.
Texas’ strong election laws removed over 1 MILLION ineligible voters from our voter rolls.
We continue to safeguard Texans’ right to vote while also protecting our elections from illegal voting.
More: https://t.co/nJq9GrKHNF pic.twitter.com/tht9Ebo6eO
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) August 26, 2024
Texas found on top of non-citizens, over 6,000 people with felony convictions, almost 500,000 deceased people, and hundreds of thousands of voters who moved out of state were registered to vote in the state.
Abbott said this is part of his promise to “crackdown on illegal voting” and “protect the right to vote” because “[e]election integrity is essential to our democracy.” (Hidden Deep Inside Pro-Harris Polling Shows She’s Losing An Important Voter Demographic)
“The Secretary of State and county voter registrars have an ongoing legal requirement to review the voter rolls, remove ineligible voters, and refer any potential illegal voting to the Attorney General’s Office and local authorities for investigation and prosecution. Illegal voting in Texas will never be tolerated. We will continue to actively safeguard Texans’ sacred right to vote while also aggressively protecting our elections from illegal voting,” Abbott said in the statement.
Nevada and Virginia rush to clean voter rolls before the election, with Governor Youngkin leading efforts to remove illegal voters amid rising voter fraud claims. pic.twitter.com/nvPCAC4y6R
— Robert Gouveia Esq. (@RobGouveiaEsq) August 9, 2024
Texas isn’t the only state cleaning up its voter rolls. In August, Virginia Gov. Glen Youngkin issued an executive order (E.O. 35) removing 6,303 non-citizens from the state’s voter rolls. After an extensive audit in 2023, Virginia also found and removed almost 80,000 deceased people from its registry.
Thank you to @GovernorVA Youngkin for prioritizing free and fair elections in the Commonwealth by removing more than 6,000 non-citizens from our voter rolls! This is exactly why the House passed the SAVE Act to ensure that only eligible voters can participate in our elections! https://t.co/BN3Tovetxn
— Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (@RepJenKiggans) August 26, 2024
The left will claim that non-citizens aren’t voting in federal elections due to laws prohibiting the practice. However, Abbott said his audit showed close to 2,000 non-citizens have voted in elections in Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Arizona could enforce laws requiring proof of citizenship to be registered to vote. (ROOKE: Looks Like Trump Has Plans To Flip The Script On Kamala’s Big Week)
A report found that illegal immigrants in 49 states are being provided voter registration forms through welfare offices and other agencies without proof of valid U.S. citizenship. This practice is being allowed through the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993, which required state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) offices to register voters when applicants apply for a driver’s license.
Report out this morning 🚨 @GregAbbott_TX announces Sec. of State Jane Nelson’s office has removed over 1 million ineligible voters from the rolls.
How many of these people voted illegally in the MARCH 2024 primaries????
I have a ton of questions. pic.twitter.com/fHBvKix7iM
— Tom Slocum for Texas 🇺🇸 (@slocumfortexas) August 26, 2024
In total, 216 Republicans and five Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act, which requires proof of U.S. citizenship before being allowed to register to vote. The SAVE Act has not passed the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate.
Despite it being illegal to falsely claim U.S. citizenship, non-citizens wishing to register to vote are not required to provide proof of citizenship at both DMV and welfare offices in these states.
The Biden-Harris administration has allowed millions of illegal immigrants entry into the U.S. and given them access to Medicare and Social Security funding. Heritage Action executive vice president Ryan Walker told the NY Post the current system makes it too easy for illegal immigrants to register to vote.
My Statement on the Secretary of State’s Election Audit Report of Harris County: https://t.co/7g50KtPMDI#txlege pic.twitter.com/72l1ZM9oeQ
— Office of the Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (@LtGovTX) August 26, 2024
“It is undeniable that the current structure makes it possible for illegal immigrants and non-citizens to vote — and the American people have no way of knowing how widespread the problem may be,” Heritage Action executive vice president Ryan Walker told the NY Post.
The November election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is a close race. Ensuring that every vote counted was made by a legal U.S. citizen is extremely important.
