Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott gives bombshell update on state's voter rolls amid fears of election fraud

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has revealed that since the enactment of Senate Bill 1 in 2021, more than 1 million names of ineligible voters have been purged from the state's voter rolls.

The purged names include those of individuals who have moved out of Texas, those who have passed away, and non-citizens, among other criteria. The governor's office has indicated that this removal process is still underway.

According to a release from the governor's office, this process is still ongoing. 

"Election integrity is essential to our democracy,' Abbot said in the statement. “I have signed the strongest election laws in the nation to protect the right to vote and to crackdown on illegal voting...

'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.

The governor's office reported that, since the signing of SB 1 three years ago, over 1 million names have been removed from the voter rolls.

More than 6,500 people were removed from not being citizens. Of that number, 1,930 has a previous record of voting.

The Secretary of State’s Office is currently forwarding these records to the Attorney General’s Office for investigation and 'potential legal action.' 

More than 457,000 were the names of deceased people, and more than 134,000 confirmed they no longer lived in Texas.

In addition, Over 6,000 people who have a felony conviction were removed as well as 463,000 voters who were on the suspense list, as well as more than 65,000 voters who failed to respond to a notice of examination

Over 19,000 voters who requested to cancel their voter registration.

Abbott emphasized that the Secretary of State and county voter registrars 'ongoing legal requirement' to review the voter rolls, remove ineligible voters, and refer any suspected illegal voting cases to the Attorney General’s Office and local authorities.

Back in March, Abbot had rejected serving as Donald Trump's running mate for 2024 in favor of remaining in his state to deal with the border crisis.

The governor warned the US is in 'imminent danger' due to an 'invasion' of 'known and unknown terrorists, who cross every single day'.

He said he could best aid Trump, 'by being a great governor of Texas'. 

The presidential hopeful had previously touted Abbott as a possibility for his vice president, saying he was 'absolutely' on his shortlist.

But Abbott bluntly squashed any suggestion of running in an interview with 60 Minutes, by saying 'no' when asked if he wanted to be on the Republican ticket with the former president. 

Abbott also defended using the word 'invasion' to describe the thousands of migrants flooding across the southern border and into Texas each day at a record-setting pace.