Texas Secretary of State Announces Approximately 95,000 DPS-Flagged Voter Registrations

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The Texas Secretary of State’s news release says the office a total of “approximately 95,000 individuals identified by DPS as non-U.S. citizens have a matching voter registration record in Texas, approximately 58,000 of whom have voted in one or more Texas elections.” In the state’s later filing in Texas League of United Latin American Citizens v. Whitley (W.D. Tex.), the data set sent to counties is described as approximately 98,000 voters.

The same filing says every voter shown as removed for not answering a notice of examination “have been reinstated.” The Austin American-Statesman, via Governing, reported that about 25,000 names on the list were eventually identified as naturalized citizens; that is a press count, not a court finding. The cases were settled and dismissed with prejudice in April 2019. The table of this and other flagged-voter lists is in vt-flagged-voter-list-play-findings-2026-11-05.

Sources & Citations

[1] Texas Secretary of State news release on voter registration list maintenance — Texas Secretary of State · Jan 25, 2019 Tier 1

[2] Defendant's advisory to the court, Texas LULAC v. Whitley (ECF 124) — W.D. Tex. · Mar 15, 2019 Tier 1

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The Cascade Ledger. “Texas Secretary of State Announces Approximately 95,000 DPS-Flagged Voter Registrations.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, January 25, 2019. https://capturecascade.org/event/2019-01-25--texas-sos-advisory-95000-dps-flagged-registrations-58000-voted/