Texas says it has found 95,000 non-citizens on the voters list; 58,000 voted

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday that the state has discovered 95,000 non-citizens on the voters list since 1996, of which 58,000 voted at least one election in Texas – an announcement likely to raise new concerns about voter fraud.

Texas has one of the most stringent voter identity laws and has been one of the main battlegrounds in the Republican fight against alleged voter fraud. The office, in a statement, said that 33 people had been prosecuted for election fraud last year and 97 were between 2005 and 17. In Texas, 16 million people are registered on electoral lists .

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"Every case of illegal voting threatens democracy in our state and robs every Texan of its voice," said Paxton. in a statement

The New York Times reported that the findings of this investigation resulted from an eleven-month investigation into records of the Texas Department of Public Security. Governor Greg Abbott welcomed the findings and hinted at future legislation to combat electoral fraud.

"I support prosecution where appropriate." The state will work on legislation to protect these illegal practices, "Tweet said.

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The revelation is likely to have national consequences and to provoke debate and the role of electoral fraud. President Trump set up a commission in 2017 to investigate the allegations of election fraud in the 2016 elections. But he was finally dismantled by Trump after the group was sued, by state and local opposition. by struggles between its members.

At the time, Democrats refused to transmit data "because they know that many people are voting illegally. "Democrats have rejected accusations of voter fraud and accused Republicans of trying to deprive their constituents of their rights by strict voter identification laws.

The representative of the United States. Dallas State, Rafael Anchia, told The Associated Press that "because we have always seen Texas politicians raise the specter of voters" fraud as a pretext for suppressing legitimate votes, we are naturally skeptical. "

Paxton's office noted that a number of convictions for electoral fraud had been pronounced in that state in recent years, including an illegal charge of non-citizen voting in Navarro County.

Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to the writing of this report.