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Since 2021, more 1.1 million people have been removed from Texas voter rolls, including 6,500 flagged as “potential noncitizens,” according to state officials.
The Texas Secretary of State's office told Votebeat that offering online registration to all voters would require legislative action. State lawmakers have for years resisted efforts to do so.
State lawmakers have resisted efforts to expand online options. With Texas’ paper-based voter registration system, applications get lost in the shuffle Skip to main content
As Secretary of State preceding the 2020 United States presidential election in Texas, Whitley identified 95,000 voters who he claimed may be noncitizens and sent the names to county election boards in January 2019 for reconsideration and validation that they were indeed eligible to vote.
Voter registration in Texas ended on October 5, and the Secretary of State reported a registration total of 16,955,519 voters, an increase of 1,854,432 since the 2016 elections, and 1.2 million of which had occurred after the 2018 midterm elections. Early voting began on October 13.
Andrade was appointed secretary of state by Governor Perry in 2008. [2] As secretary of state, she was the state's chief elections officer, chief international protocol officer, and border commerce coordinator for the governor's office. [3] As the elections officer, she toured the state encouraging registration and high voter turnout.
Here's how to check if you're registered to vote in Texas and which offices are up for election on the 2024 ballot.
Under the Texas Constitution the secretary of state is, with the governor, the lieutenant governor, the comptroller of public accounts, the commissioner of the Office of General Land and the attorney general, one of the six members of the Executive Department. Of these offices all are elected by the voters in statewide elections except the ...