Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Wednesday the launch of a new email tipline and issued a comprehensive legal advisory focusing on election integrity.
The advisory and tipline are part of an intensified effort to boost compliance with Texas election laws and to address any potential election or voter violations, according to a recent press release from Paxton’s office.
The newly established email tipline, accessible at [email protected], invites Texans to report any suspected breaches of election laws.
Paxton’s advisory outlines critical aspects of Texas election law and addresses what he describes as “urgent risks” posed by the growth of the illegal alien population and attempts to manipulate voter registration processes in Texas.
The advisory highlights the legal requirements governing voter registration while noting that violations of these laws can result in severe penalties, including fines and potential prison time.
Paxton’s new measures are part of a broader Election Integrity Initiative, which utilizes the taxpayer resources and authority of the Office of the Attorney General to ensure every legal vote is protected.
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday that Texas had successfully purged more than one million ineligible voters from its rolls since 2021.
“Election integrity is essential to our democracy,” said Abbott in a recently published press release.
“I have signed the strongest election laws in the nation to protect the right to vote and to crack down 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,” Abbott added.
Abbott’s office reports that over 6,500 noncitizens and more than 6,000 individuals with felony convictions have been removed from the voter rolls. Additionally, over 457,000 deceased persons, 463,000 suspended voters, 134,000 voters who moved out of state, 65,000 who did not respond to confirmation notices, and 19,000 who voluntarily canceled their registrations have also been purged.
The attorney general encouraged all Texans to use the new tipline to report any suspicious activities that could undermine the fairness of the upcoming elections.
“There is nothing more important than the integrity of our elections. This means protecting every legal vote from unlawful attempts to alter the outcome of our elections. Any attempt to illegally cancel out legal ballots with fraud, vote harvesting, or other methods will be met with the full force of the law,” said Paxton.