Despite a spate of recent raids the Texas attorney general’s office launched to suss out allegations of malicious voter registration efforts and the cumulative removal of more than 1 million names from the state’s voter rolls in the past three years, elected Democratic officials and civil rights groups are reminding Texans that there is still time to register to vote in the November general election and to not be dissuaded from participating in democracy.
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his office carried out search warrants in several Texas counties over the last few weeks as part of his voter registration fraud hunt, and Gov. Greg Abbott last week touted the success of legislation passed in 2021 that has resulted in 1.1 million Texans being purged from voter rolls — moves that voter advocates during a news conference Thursday at the Capitol said were attempts to disenfranchise voters and intimidate minority communities.
“It is very important to stress that even if someone finds themself on the suspense list that they can still vote this election cycle,” said state Rep. Lulu Flores, D-Austin.