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Sep 30, 2024 · The judge also banned the Office of the Attorney General from opening investigations into instances of election fraud under the portion of election code enjoined by the decision. “I will immediately move to block this unacceptable ruling so Texas can continue to defend its elections from bad actors seeking to undermine the ballot box,” said Attorney General Paxton.
A federal judge ruled Friday that a section of the 2021 law aimed at preventing election fraud in Texas violated the First Amendment by placing “an invalid restriction on speech” and the 14th ...
Sep 30, 2024 · Early in 2021, the Texas Senate passed the bill and the House failed to pass it. The bill failed a second time in a first special legislative session that was called to consider it. In an effort to sabotage the bill, House Democrats absconded to Washington, D.C.; many fled the state for nearly six weeks, claiming the bill would suppress voter turnout, particularly among minorities.
Dec 17, 2021 · Texas AG Paxton’s $2.2M voter fraud unit closed three cases in 2021. GOP lawmakers still boosted its budget. By Taylor Goldenstein , Austin Bureau Updated Dec 18, 2021 7:23 a.m.
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Apr 23, 2007 · As of 2007, about 85% of voter fraud cases involved mail-in-ballot fraud. About 58% of voter fraud cases since 2005 involve mail-in ballot fraud. But the total number of prosecutions are minuscule ...
Jul 23, 2021 · Our ruling. In a political fundraising mailer, the Texas GOP perpetuated a voting fraud claim based on a partisan Arizona election audit, saying that 74,000 mail-in ballots were recently found in ...
Sep 6, 2023 · Election fraud is now a felony in Texas. A new law that went into effect Sept. 1 raises electoral fraud from a misdemeanor offense to a felony. In 2021, Texas Republicans apparently made a mistake. It happened when they scored one of their biggest political victories of the legislative session – passing a bill restructuring Texas’ voting ...
