Texas Removes 1 Million Ineligible Voters from Rolls

One of the biggest problems I have always cited in terms of possible election fraud is the updating of voter rolls.

If the rolls are accurate, we do not have to worry about illegals or dead people voting, but most states fail to keep up with their voter rolls.

Governor Abbott tried to rectify that in Texas in 2021, and he has since had more than one million names removed from the voter rolls that should not have been on there any longer.

Clean Up the Voter Rolls

There are plenty of reasons why voters need to be removed from the voter rolls in each state, which is why they need to be audited every single year.

For instance, if a voter moves to a new state, if they move within the state, if the voter has died, if they have committed a felony, and if they are a non-citizen allowed on the voter roll by mistake.

After Abbott signed the legislation, by far, the largest number of people removed were due to being deceased, suspended, or change of address.

Of the 1.1 million names removed, more than one million of the names fell into those three categories.

Abbott stated, “Election integrity is essential to our democracy.

“I have signed the strongest election laws in the nation to protect the right to vote and to crack down on illegal voting. These reforms have led to the removal of over one million ineligible people from our voter rolls in the last three years, including noncitizens, deceased voters, and people who moved to another state.

“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.”

Texas also has some pretty stiff voter fraud rules, with a non-legal voter facing a fine and two years in jail, while the person knowingly assisting them faces a substantial fine and up to 20 years in jail.

With a very controversial election coming up, we can only hope other states around the country are doing their due diligence to ensure their voter rolls are cleaned up before November.