By Blake Wolf, OAN Staff
Thursday, August 29, 2024 4:07 PM
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened a reporting line for illegal voting ahead of the November presidential election, hoping that anyone with direct knowledge of illegal voting taking place can come forward and voice their concerns to the state.
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Paxton's website published a press release about his ongoing efforts to ensure the integrity of the election.
“The massive growth in Texas' non-citizen population and a pattern of partisan efforts to illegally weaponize the voter registration and voting process to manipulate election outcomes pose urgent risks to local, state and federal elections,” the release stressed.
The election advisories also provide warning signs to private citizens and government entities about activities that may be considered illegal in the voting context, such as vote harvesting or making false declarations about U.S. citizenship.
“Nothing is more important than the integrity of our elections, and that means protecting every lawful vote from unlawful attempts to change the outcome of our elections. Any attempts to fraud, vote harvesting, or otherwise illegally invalidate lawful votes will be met with the full force of the law,” Paxton said. “I ask all Texans to report suspected violations on our new tip line. [email protected]“Your political freedom and right to representation in your government depend on safe elections, and I will fight in every way possible to protect your right to vote and have a say.”
The announcement of the tip line comes eight days after Paxton's office executed a search warrant on volunteers with the Latino advocacy group LULAC.
Paxton's office said the warrants relate to “allegations of election fraud and vote harvesting that occurred during the 2022 election.”
Meanwhile, Democrats criticizing the effort argue that the new tip line is actually an attempt to “intimidate Latino voters” and that election fraud in the state is “not a serious problem.”
“We've seen this show by this nefarious Ken Paxton so many times, and it's nothing more than voter suppression and voter intimidation,” said Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D-Texas).
But Paxton's recommendations never suggest who voters should choose. Instead, the document states that voters “have the right to vote independently and should not be told who to vote for while casting their ballot.”
President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' border crisis has led to an influx of undocumented illegal immigrants into the state.
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