Texas Removed 1 Million From Voter Rolls. But Most Had Moved or Died.

taiyang , 16 minutes ago

All that moving makes me hopeful Texas gets the population decline penalty in 2030 the same way Cali got it… Assuming it doesn’t somehow go blue by then, that is.

I’m still bitter about the Cali thing, mostly cause I just know census under reported folk under Trump.

reddig33 , 5 hours ago

Define “most”. Looked at the article but I didn’t see percentages of that 1.1 mil. Did I miss it, or is NYT just being lazy and taking Abbott at his word?

mozz , 5 hours ago

is NYT just being lazy

Search deep within you

In your heart you know the truth; you’ve always known

jeffw OP , 5 hours ago

Nearly 500,000 of the voters purged during the time period highlighted by Mr. Abbott were dead. About the same number were cleared after they were put on a list of people who did not vote in two successive general elections and are believed to have moved.
Those numbers were roughly equivalent to the number of voters in those categories removed in previous years.

…

Mr. Abbott said around 1,900 possible noncitizens had a voting history in the state before their registrations were canceled. He said their records were being forwarded to the attorney general’s office for investigation.

…

“In a two-year cycle, 10 percent of your roll could move,” even in an economic downturn, Mr. Bettencourt said. During a good economy, it could be even higher, he said.

Seem like all the numbers are there to me?

reddig33 , 5 hours ago

Gracias! (Looks like that part of the article gets cut off in reader mode.)

MediaBiasFactChecker Bot , 6 hours ago

New York Times - News Source Context (Click to view Full Report)Information for New York Times:
> MBFC: Left-Center - Credibility: High - Factual Reporting: High - United States of America
> Wikipedia about this source

Search topics on Ground.Newshttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/us/texas-voter-rolls-abbott.html

Media Bias Fact Check | bot support