Governor Greg Abbott Announcement August 26, 2024   Governor Abbott Announces Over 1 Million Ineligible Voters Removed From Voter Rolls August 26, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Press Release Governor Greg Abbott today announced that since signing Senate Bill 1 into law in 2021, Texas has removed over one million people from the state’s voter rolls, including people who moved out-of-state, are deceased, and are noncitizens. That removal process has been, and will continue to be, ongoing. “Election integrity is essential to our democracy,” said Governor Abbott. “I have signed the strongest election laws in the nation to protect the right to vote and to crackdown on illegal voting. These reforms have led to the removal of over one million ineligible people from our voter rolls in the last three years, including noncitizens, deceased voters, and people who moved to another state. The Secretary of State and county voter registrars have an ongoing legal requirement to review the voter rolls, remove ineligible voters, and refer any potential illegal voting to the Attorney General’s Office and local authorities for investigation and prosecution. Illegal voting in Texas will never be tolerated. We will continue to actively safeguard Texans’ sacred right to vote while also aggressively protecting our elections from illegal voting.” Since Governor Abbott signed Senate Bill 1 into law in 2021, Texas has removed over 1 million people from the voter rolls, including: Of the over 6,500 noncitizens removed from the voter rolls, approximately 1,930 have a voter history. The Secretary of State’s office is in the process of sending all 1,930 records to the Attorney General’s Office for investigation and potential legal action. To better crackdown on illegal voting, Governor Abbott signed House Bill 1243 into law last year, increasing the penalty for illegal voting, including voting by noncitizens, to a second-degree felony. In 2021, Governor Abbott signed Senate Bill 1, Senate Bill 1113, and House Bill 574 into law. Senate Bill 1 elevated lying while registering to vote to a state jail felony, criminalized ballot harvesting, required the Secretary of State to conduct randomized audits of elections every two years, banned distribution of unsolicited mail-in ballot applications and ballots, and required ID for mail-in ballots. Senate Bill 1113 empowered the Secretary of State to withhold funds from counties that fail to remove noncitizens from their voter roll. House Bill 574 made it a second-degree felony to knowingly count invalid votes or refuse to count valid votes. In 2017, the Governor signed Senate Bill 5, which increased the penalty for election workers who knowingly permit noncitizens and other ineligible persons to vote.     Governor Greg Abbott gave Bexar County Republicans a shout out from the National Convention! GET OUT TO VOTE! AND VOTE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE TICKET! Paint Bexar County Red!!   ELECTION 2024 Early Vote Period: Monday, October 21, 2024 – Friday, November 1, 2024 Election Day: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 (7 AM to 7 PM) For more Election information, Click here   Become a monthly Sustaining Member Donate One Time Become a Volunteer Click here for Precinct Training guide Shop Our Trump Store   Mark your calendars for upcoming Republican Club meetings. For complete listing, please reference our Bexar GOP calendar and Affiliated Club listing. Visit here for complete listing of Affiliated Clubs Visit our Bexar GOP calendar       For updates on any of the above events, please see our Get around social media censorship: Be sure to "favorite" @BEXARGOP on Facebook and retweet our posts on Twitter at @BEXARGOP NOTE: Please keep an eye to our Events calendar for any updates or corrections. All events in this newsletter are taken from the calendar at Bexargop.org. To add an event, click HERE. *Political Ad paid for by the Republican Party of Bexar County *Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Republican Party of Bexar County | 909 NE Loop 410 W, Suite 801 | San Antonio, TX 78209 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice