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What Texans Need to Know About Prop 16, the Constitutional Amendment on Citizenship and Voting
Secretary of State Jane Nelson flagged 2,724 potential noncitizens on Texas voter rolls using the SAVE database; flagged voters have 30 days to verify eligibility or face removal.
- As early voting began on Monday, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson flagged 2,724 registered voters as potential noncitizens after staff compared more than 18 million records with the SAVE database.
- The Texas legislature this year placed Proposition 16 on the ballot, driven by concerns about noncitizens voting and adding them to groups ineligible to vote.
- The SOS data show major county concentrations, notably Harris County and Dallas County , while many of Texas' 254 counties reported zero registered voters in the SAVE dataset.
- Local election officials must verify flagged voters, county elections administrators send 30-day notices, and individuals deemed noncitizens who voted may face criminal charges and referral to the Office of the Attorney General.
- The move follows new access to the SAVE database that began earlier this year after the Trump administration enabled wider SAVE access; Texas removed 6,500 noncitizens last year, and opponents called the amendment redundant as it would not require documentary proof to register.
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