President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday misleading statistics regarding voter fraud, claiming that nearly 60,000 non-citizens voted in Texas and that 95,000 non-citizens were registered to vote in the state.
"These figures are just the tip of the iceberg," Trump wrote on Twitter. "All over the country, and especially in California, electoral fraud is endemic Must be stopped A strong identity for voters!"
The tweet was following a segment on "Fox and Friends" about 39, a report from Texas election officials on potential non-citizens on the voters list, but the statements in the series and Trump do not accurately reflect the findings announced Friday by the Texas authorities. [19659002] The director of the Texas Election Section, Keith Ingram, told election administrators that the Department of Public Safety had provided information about people who had offered documentation to the department "proving that the person was not". "is not a US citizen" when obtaining a driver's license or a personal ID card.
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Texas State Secretary David Whitley on Friday issued a statement in which he stated that his office had reported about 95,000 potential non-citizens who "have a record of electoral registration in Texas" , of which 58,000 have voted in one of the Texas elections since 1996.
"Integrity and the efficiency of the Texas elections require the accuracy of our state's voters lists, and my office is committed to using all available resources, tools provided by law to maintain a clear list of registered voters, "said Whitley in his release.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 8: Horace Higgins tables his ballot at Skid Row in Los Angeles, California, at the Downtown Women's Center, November 8, 2016. (Photo by Brian van der Brug / The Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 8: Camila Chavez, 3 years old, plays his grandmother Alexandrian Barrios, 58, at a polling station at the Watts Towers Arts Center on November 8, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Irfan Khan / The Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 8: First-time voter Maryjane Medina, 18, goes to the polls to vote in an office of voting at Watts Towers Arts Center on November 8, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Irfan Khan / The Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
A man votes in a polling place in a high school in McLean, Virginia, during the US presidential election on November 8, 2016. / AFP / Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS (The photo credit should correspond to ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, USA – November 8: Voters fill their ballots in a polling place at the County High School Loudon at the 2016 Presidential Election in Leesburg, Virginia on November 8, 2016. (Photo by Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, USA – November 8: Voters Go to Polling Station from Loudon County High School in the 2016 Presidential Election in Leesburg, Virginia, USA. November 8, 2016. (Photo by Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, VA – NOVEMBER 08: Voters complete their ballots at a polling station on polling day on November 8, 2016 in Arlington, in Virginia. Americans from all over the country choose their new president of the United States. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
Voters vote in the US presidential election in Manhasset, New York State, United States, on November 8, 2016. REUTERS / Shannon Stapleton
NEW ALEXANDRIA, PA – NOVEMBER 8: Voters enter the Simpson voting house, created in 1891, to vote in the November 8, 2016 presidential election in New Alexandria, Pennsylvania. Americans across the country are making their choice for the next President of the United States today. (Photo by Jeff Swensen / Getty Images)
An Elector stands with a stroller in front of the voting booth of the American Legion Post No. 469 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The Department of Justice will deploy 500 people. polling day, to protect voters from discrimination and intimidation, starting in 2012, following a Supreme Court ruling that tainted part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Photographer: Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg via Getty Images
CONCORD, NH – NOVEMBER 8: Voters fill out their ballots at the Green Street Community Center on November 8, 2016 in Concord, New Hampshire. After a controversial election campaign, Americans are going to the polls today to choose the next president of the United States. (Photo by Darren McCollester / Getty Images)
The early morning sun casts the shadow of an elector on a wall as it arrives at a polling station in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA. Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Justice The ministry will deploy 500 staff at polling stations on polling day to help protect voters from discrimination and intimidation, starting in 2012, at the polls. following a Supreme Court ruling that violated part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Photographer: Pete Marovich / Bloomberg via Getty Images
US Democrat Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a vice-presidential candidate, voted at the Hermitage Methodist Home polling station in Richmond, Virginia (United States), November 8, 2016. REUTERS / Carlos Barria
A Clerk compiles ballots at a polling station just after midnight on November 8, 2016 in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the first vote to take place at the polling station. 39th US presidential election of 2016.
The US presidential election began – on a small scale – while seven people from a small New Hampshire village voted at midnight. Dixville Notch has had the honor of casting the vote, symbolically, since 1960. Clay Smith was the first of seven people to vote, while polling day, long overdue, began. An eighth resident voted by postal ballot. / AFP / Alice Chiche (Photographic credit should be ALICE CHICHE / AFP / Getty Images)
ALEXANDRIA, VA – NOVEMBER 8: Voters are waiting online to vote in front of a polling station on Election Day on November 8, 2016 at Alexandria, Virginia. Americans from all over the country choose their new president of the United States. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
ALEXANDRIA, VA – NOVEMBER 08: Voters are waiting online to vote their votes outside of a polling place on polling day on November 8, 2016 in Alexandria, Virginia. Americans from all over the country choose their new president of the United States. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
A dog passes in front of people voting at the Brooklyn Museum polling booth in the Brooklyn neighborhood of New York on November 8, 2016.
In the face of worried world, Americans began voting Tuesday on the opportunity to send the first woman president or an unstable populist tycoon to the White House. This kickoff marks the end of a campaign like no other – exhausting, often bitter – while Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump presented radically different visions on how to direct the greatest power. of the world. / AFP / ANGELA WEISS (Photo credit should match ANGELA WEISS / AFP / Getty Images)
Voters go to a polling station to vote in Arlington, Virginia on November 8, 2016.
In the face of worried world, Americans began voting Tuesday on the opportunity to send the first woman president or an unstable populist tycoon to the White House. This kickoff marks the end of a campaign like no other – exhausting, often bitter – while Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump presented radically different visions on how to direct the greatest power. of the world. / AFP / Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS (Photo credit should correspond to ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Images)
ALEXANDRIA, VA – NOVEMBER 08: Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in front of a polling station the day of the election on November 8, 2016 in Alexandria, Virginia. Americans from all over the country choose their new president of the United States. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
Voter votes in US elections at Su Nueva Lavanderia, Chicago, Illinois, USA, November 8, 2016. REUTERS / Jim Young
Poll Clerks, Cheryl Bourassa (L) and Judy Taylor check the recount before the ballot opens for the US presidential election in Woodstock, New Hampshire, USA, November 8, 2016. REUTERS / Mary Schwalm
Voters s line up in front of a Christmas, Florida, November 8, 2016 polling station.
After an exhausting, wild, bitter and sometimes sordid campaign, the Americans finally began voting for a new president on Tuesday, either populist billionaire Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, seeking to become the first woman to win the White House. / AFP / Gregg Newton (Photo credit should match GREGG NEWTON / AFP / Getty Images)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton moves away from polling station after voting in Douglas G. Griffin School on November 8, 2016 in Chappaqua, New York. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (The photo credit should read: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
Voting at the Congressional Primary School during the presidential election of November 8, 2016 at Grand Rapids, Michigan. / AFP / JEFF KOWALSKY (Photo credit reads: JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP / Getty Images)
Vote of former US President Bill Clinton (left) and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton ( right) at the Douglas G. Griffin School on November 8, 2016 in Chappaqua, New York. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should correspond to BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, NH – NOVEMBER 08: A morning voter will vote at the Bishop E. Youth Center. Neil on November 8, 2016 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Voters will choose between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for the presidency, as well as major races for Congress and the Senate. (Photo by Darren McCollester / Getty Images)
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The notice of the Chief Electoral Officer indicates to the voter registration offices that the submissions submitted through this process "will require be treated as LOW "matches, meaning the county may choose to investigate the voter" or take no action on the elector 's record if the registrar of the voter elector determines that there is no reason to believe that the voter is ineligible. "
"Counties are not allowed, under Texas law, immediately cancel the elector as a result of any correspondence provided by a non-US citizen," the statement said, adding that Electors must first receive a letter asking them to provide proof of citizenship and have a month to answer.The elector must then submit proof of citizenship, including a US passport or a passport. certificate of naturalization.
Chris Davis, president of the Texas Association of Election Administrators, told the Tribune that without further verification, one can not tell all … the individuals involved in the fraud.
"People are becoming naturalized," he said, "It is too early to tell."
About 15.8 million people are registered in Texas.
Trump repeated to many Once again, electoral fraud was a major problem. However, experts have repeatedly concluded that electoral fraud is extremely rare.
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