1.1M ineligible voters removed from Texas voter rolls

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Texas has removed 1.1 million people from voter rolls since 2021, Gov. Greg Abbott's office announced Monday, highlighting efforts to clean up election data and ensure legal registration.

That includes 6,500 potential noncitizens and 457,000 deceased people, according to data the governor's office provided.

“Election integrity is essential to our democracy,” Abbott said. "The Secretary of State and county voter registrars have an ongoing legal requirement to review the voter rolls...