Republican David Whitley faces questions from Democrats about how he handled an attempt to review the citizenship of 95,000 registered Texas voters.
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Another group of civil rights organizations sues Texas over voter citizenship review
The ACLU and others are asking a federal court to block counties from sending notices requiring certain voters to prove their citizenship.
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Naturalized citizens suing over Texas voter citizenship review, calling it conspiracy to single out foreign-born Texans
The plaintiffs allege the state’s move to flag tens of thousands of registered voters for citizenship reviews violates the U.S. Constitution and the federal Voting Rights Act.
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Naturalized citizen flagged in Texas voter citizenship review joins lawsuit against state
Atascosa County resident Julie Hilberg — a naturalized citizen whose registration was flagged by the state — is joining a lawsuit against top Texas officials.
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In advisory, Texas implies its list of thousands of voters flagged for citizenship reviews could include naturalized citizens
Those citizens are in addition to the people who were removed from the list earlier this week after the secretary of state’s office found they had been added by mistake.
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“Someone did not do their due diligence”: How an attempt to review Texas’ voter rolls turned into a debacle
Texas officials flagged 95,000 voters for citizenship reviews. But after thousands have already been cleared, questions are being raised about how they handled the process.
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Greg Abbott downplays concerns about inaccuracy of secretary of state’s voter citizenship review
The Texas governor said Thursday that the 95,000 voters that the secretary of state flagged for review was never meant to be a “hard-and-fast list.”
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Texas quietly informs counties that some of the 95,000 voters flagged for citizenship review don’t belong on the list
County officials said the number mistakenly flagged is “significant.”
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Latino civil rights group sues over Texas voter citizenship review, calling it an “election-related ‘witch hunt'”
The lawsuit comes after at least one county has begun sending notices asking certain voters to prove that they are citizens.
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Some Texas voters already are being asked to prove their citizenship after state’s announcement
The Texas Tribune reached out Monday to 13 of the 15 counties with the most registered voters; only Galveston County indicated it would immediately send out letters asking voters for proof of citizenship.