Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has spent years warning Texans about the perils of “illegal voting,” is now facing awkward questions about his own ballot. Newly surfaced records suggest Paxton cast votes in six elections while still registered at a Collin County address where he may no longer live, all while he campaigns for the U.S. Senate.
Reporters reviewing public documents found that Paxton continued to vote using his Collin County registration in six contests over the last two years, including the March Republican primary and the May runoff that secured him the GOP nomination, according to ProPublica. That reporting links him to a Denton County property purchased by a trust in mid-February, even as his voter registration on paper stayed put in Collin County.
Paxton’s campaign is blasting the coverage, labeling it “a baseless, lie-filled tabloid story” and insisting he remains a lawful, registered Texas voter, the Houston Chronicle reports. The Chronicle also notes that the newsrooms involved say they vetted property, trust, and voting records before publishing, anticipating that the attorney general’s team would come out swinging…