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Michael Barajas
@michaelsbarajas
Soo the first major move by new TX secretary of state is to bolster
@GregAbbott_TX
& KPax claims of illegal voting and launch a new statewide effort to police county voter rolls. Here's the advisory sent out to local election administrators today sos.texas.gov/elections/laws
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Attorney General Ken Paxton
@KenPaxtonTX
VOTER FRAUD ALERT: The @TXsecofstate discovered approx 95,000 individuals identified by DPS as non-U.S. citizens have a matching voter registration record in TX, approx 58,000 of whom have voted in TX elections. Any illegal vote deprives Americans of their voice.
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Michael Barajas
@michaelsbarajas
Replying to
@ShaneAlanHardin
@drdrbrockman
and 2 others
uggggh ya, some really bad reporting on this, i keep seeing flat-out inaccurate stuff (like this), no corrections yet. gotta wonder if that was intended w/ KPax blaring VOTER FRAUD ALERT kudos to
@TexasTribune
for the quick, loud, crystal clear fact check
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Texas Tribune
@TexasTribune
1/ You might be seeing headlines or tweets tonight that claim Texas says 58,000 non-citizens have voted in Texas. That is not true. That is not what the state has said. Here is what we know. #txlege bit.ly/2FYc5lQ
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