(The Center Square) – Since the primary election runoff in late May and ahead of the November election, the Texas Secretary of State’s Office has been prioritizing cleaning up the voter rolls and i…
– Since the primary election runoff in late May and ahead of the November election, the Texas Secretary of State’s Office has been prioritizing cleaning up the voter rolls and issuing guidances to local jurisdictions about election law.
It directs counties to redact any information that could connect a voter’s personal information to their ballot choices. She also warned that anyone “who choose to publicize ballot information could face legal action under state and federal law if the release of information is tied to voter intimidation, bribery or coercion.”
After the May 28 primary runoff, Texas had until Aug. 7 to perform a sweeping voter roll update. Over the summer, aggressive measures were taken to ensure only eligible voters were on the rolls, her office said, saying it “continues to provide a multitude of data sets to counties in order to ensure accurate voter lists.”Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson believes voting “must be preserved for citizens who qualify under our elections laws.
All registered Texas voters “have the right to challenge the eligibility of any registered voter in their county,” her office says. Any Texan can challenge a voter’s registration they believe isn’t a U.S. citizen by filing a sworn statement with the county registrar. Doing so results in a hearing and potential cancellation of the voter’s registration if proof of citizenship cannot be produced.
In 2021, Abbott signed SB 1, SB 1113, and HB 574 into law. SB 1 implemented several changes, including increasing the penalty for lying on a voter registration form to a state jail felony, criminalizing ballot harvesting, banning local jurisdictions from distributing unsolicited mail-in ballot applications and ballots as Harris County attempted to. The law also requires ID to be used and matched for mail-in ballots.
“Those who are determined to be ineligible or who fail to respond within the allotted time are removed from the voter roll,” her office said.Motive revealed in horrifying LI murder-suicide as cops ID former EMT who slaughtered relatives after mom’s death
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