Texas Governor Greg Abbott said more than one million ineligible voter names have been removed from the state’s voter rolls since Senate Bill 1 was enacted in 2021.
Names removed include people who have moved out of Texas, those who have died, and non-citizens, among other criteria. The governor’s office has indicated that this removal process is still underway.
According to a release From the governor’s office, this process is still ongoing.
“Election integrity is essential to our democracy,” Abbott said in the statement. “I have signed the strongest election laws in the country to protect the right to vote and crack down on illegal voting.
“Illegal voting will never be tolerated in Texas. We will continue to actively protect Texans’ sacred right to vote while aggressively protecting our elections from illegal voting.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has revealed that since Senate Bill 1 was signed into law in 2021, more than one million ineligible voter names have been removed from the state’s voter rolls.
In March, Abbot had declined to be Donald Trump’s running mate for 2024, preferring to stay in his state to deal with the border crisis. The governor warned that the United States is in “imminent danger” due to an “invasion” of “known and unknown terrorists, crossing every day.”
The governor’s office reported that since SB 1 was signed three years ago, more than one million names have been removed from the voter rolls.
More than 6,500 people were excluded from citizenship. Of that number, 1,930 have a history of having voted.
The Secretary of State’s Office is currently forwarding these records to the Attorney General’s Office for investigation and “possible legal action.”
More than 457,000 were names of deceased people and more than 134,000 confirmed that they no longer lived in Texas.
Additionally, more than 6,000 people who had a felony conviction were removed, as well as 463,000 voters who were on the list. suspense list.
More than 65,000 voters did not respond to the review notice, while another 19,000 people requested to cancel their voter registration.
Abbott stressed that the Secretary of State and county voter registrars have “an ongoing legal requirement” to review voter rolls, remove ineligible voters and refer any suspected cases of illegal voting to the Attorney General’s Office and local law enforcement.
In March, Abbott had declined to be Donald Trump’s running mate for 2024, preferring to remain in his state to deal with the border crisis.
The governor warned that the United States is in “imminent danger” due to an “invasion” of “known and unknown terrorists, who cross every day.”
The governor’s office reported that since SB 1 was signed three years ago, more than one million names have been removed from the voter rolls.
He said the best way he could help Trump was by “being a great governor of Texas.”
The presidential candidate had previously touted Abbott as a possibility for his vice president, saying he was “absolutely” on his list.
But Abbott flatly rejected any suggestion of running for office in an interview with 60 Minutes, saying “no” when asked if he wanted to be on the Republican ticket with the former president.
Abbott also defended the use of the word “invasion” to describe the thousands of migrants crossing the southern border into Texas every day at a record pace.