Paxton Lays Groundwork To Challenge Election Result

The Texas Tribune reports:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration on Tuesday, accusing the federal government of failing to help Texas check the citizenship status of some of the state’s registered voters — even as Paxton conceded that noncitizen voting is illegal and extremely rare.

In the lawsuit, Paxton argued that the federal government is required to assist states in verifying the citizenship status of registered voters, and he accused the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of failing to do so.

The lawsuit escalates Paxton’s hunt for noncitizen voters just two weeks before the election and a day after early voting began in Texas. He has pressed Texas Secretary of State Janet Nelson to request that the federal government hand over data the state could use to cross-check its voter rolls.

Read the full article. Rather obviously, all of Paxton’s recent moves are groundwork to challenge the result of the election.

“Texas is taking action to compel these federal agencies to do their duty and supply the state with the required information we have repeatedly requested.” – Secretary Nelson

Read the complaint here: https://t.co/NhkvEm09g1 pic.twitter.com/CcLKj4aBkG

— Texas Secretary of State (@TXsecofstate) October 23, 2024