On Wednesday, attorney general of Texas, Ken Paxton, announced that his department was looking into reports of organizations registering non-citizens improperly before the November election.
The Texas attorney general’s office stated in a press release on Wednesday that” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into accounts that companies operating in Texas does get registering noncitizens to vote without authorization in contravention of state and federal law.”  ”,
According to the press release, researchers with the Texas Attorney General’s Election Integrity Unit had” conducted undercover procedures to identify possible voter registration of noncitizens” in the state. The undercover procedures, according to Paxton’s company, revealed that several nonprofit organizations had run stalls that offered people voter registration help outside the Texas Department of Public Safety Driver License practices.
According to the press release released on Wednesday, all Texas residents “already had the opportunity to register to vote as part of the process of renewing or receiving an ID card or driver’s permit.” In response, the attorney general’s office claimed there was” no visible have” for nonprofit organizations to be offering to help people register to vote outside the Texas Department of Public Safety Driver License practices and questioned the motivations behind the volunteer team activity.
According to Paxton,” Texans are greatly troubled by the possibility that organizations that purport to help with voting registration are improperly registering noncitizens to vote in our primaries.” Why do eligible citizens need a second chance to record with a kiosk outside if they are legally able to do so when conducting business at a DPS office?
Paxton stated that his department was looking into an “every reliable report” regarding any criminal activity that might have an impact on the state’s November elections ‘ dignity. He claimed that the Biden-Harris management had “intentionally flooded our land with illegal aliens, and without proper protection, foreign citizens can improperly affect votes at the local, state, and federal level”.
Paxton warned that registering to vote or cast an election is a crime in Texas if a person is not a citizen of the United States. He added that any violations would be “punished to the fullest extent of the law.”
According to the press release released on Wednesday, lying about your citizenship status while registering to vote or helping someone else lie about it while registering to vote are both punishable by up to two years in prison and up to$ 10,000 in fines. Additionally, the press release cautioned against voting in Texas and not being a citizen of the United States and that a person could face up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to$ 10,000.
