(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has demanded that the Biden-Harris administration turn over data to verify the citizenship status of nearly 454,289 registered voters in Texas.
In a letter addressed to USCIS Director Ur M. Jaddou on Monday, Paxton raised concerns that these individuals may have unlawfully registered to vote without having their citizenship status confirmed.
Paxton requested Jaddou’s assistance in identifying non-citizens on the voter rolls to ensure only eligible voters cast ballots in the 2024 presidential election, which is expected to be close.
“The Biden-Harris Administration is legally obligated to assist States in doing so, and it is imperative that we use every tool available to uphold the integrity of our elections,” Paxton wrote.
I demand full cooperation from the federal government to ensure that any noncitizens remaining on Texas’s voter registration rolls are identified. The Biden-Harris Administration is legally obligated to assist States in doing so, and it is imperative that we use every tool… https://t.co/dvNkOpiLC4
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) October 7, 2024
Paxton’s request follows an investigation by his office and Secretary of State Jane Nelson, which found individuals who registered to vote without providing a state driver’s license or other state-issued identification.
This, Paxton argued, made it near impossible for state officials to verify these individuals’ citizenship. It is not immediately clear when these individuals were registered to vote.
“I am not asking for verification of the citizenship of anyone whose voter registration records contains [sic] a driver’s license or state-issued identification number,” Paxton clarified.
According to Paxton, over 1,300 non-citizens were found registered to vote during an audit of four randomly selected counties.
“That is 1,300 too many when so many of our federal, state, and local election [sic] are decided by a handful of votes,” Paxton wrote.
Paxton noted that Texas has exhausted all available methods to confirm the citizenship status of the voters in question and is now demanding federal assistance. However, it is unlikely that the Biden-Harris administration will respond or cooperate with Texas on this issue.
On Sept. 27, the DOJ filed a lawsuit against Alabama after Wes Allen, the Republican secretary of state, inactivated the voter registrations of 3,251 individuals due to a lack of citizenship verification.
The DOJ argued that Alabama’s actions violated the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
Allen defended his decision in an interview with Headline USA, stating, “I was elected Secretary of State by the people of Alabama, and it is my Constitutional duty to ensure that only American citizens vote in our elections.”
The actual details of this DOJ lawsuit against Alabama are insane.
Kamala’s DOJ is suing them because they removed less than 4,000 people from the voter rolls who registered despite not being citizens. pic.twitter.com/rXne2h4l9d
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 28, 2024
