The U.S. House’s main investigative committee had asked for documents and communications from state officials involved in the review.
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U.S. House committee investigating Texas voter roll review
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to the state Thursday asking for documents related to the review.
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These naturalized citizens belong on the Texas voter rolls. A state review could have kicked them off.
Hear from naturalized citizens whose voter eligibility was questioned as part of the state’s flawed review of the voter rolls.
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Texas counties removed 14 voters from the rolls in citizenship review
The voters flagged by the state as “possible non-U.S. citizens” have since been reinstated amid ongoing litigation that halted the review effort.
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DPS director takes “full responsibility” for data errors in Texas voter citizenship review
Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, told lawmakers he was to blame for providing data to the secretary of state’s office that led to the mistaken challenge of almost 25,000 registered voters.
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Texas again mistakenly flags voters for citizenship reviews
A spokesman for the secretary of state said a vendor is to blame for the voters being listed as potential noncitizens. The new names were mistakenly added while the state was testing its data.
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Amid voter rolls debacle, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Texas Republicans are undermining the U.S. Constitution
Pelosi was in Austin to promote an election reform bill that would require local election officials to make it easier to vote.
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Gov. Greg Abbott blames DPS for voter roll snafu. But the story behind the citizenship review is complicated.
A miscommunication and an ignored warning led to the questioning of thousands of citizens’ voting rights.
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Texas Senate panel advances David Whitley’s nomination for secretary of state
The vote was 4-3 along party lines. Whitley now needs two-thirds support of the full Senate to be confirmed.
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Texas from purging voters in citizenship review
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery called the review “ham-handed” and ordered counties not to remove voters from the rolls without his approval and “a conclusive showing that the person is ineligible to vote.”