Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this week threatened to sue two of the most densely populated counties in the state over plans to mail voter registration forms to citizens.
In letters sent on Monday to commissioners in Harris and Bexar counties, Paxton claimed that mailing voter registration forms “is illegal” and voted to “use all available legal means to stop” any such efforts. He also claimed that these forms would “confuse” noncitizens and possibly “induce” them to vote illegally. It is illegal for people who aren’t U.S. citizens to vote in federal elections.
He also accused officials in those counties of helping noncitizens and felons illegally vote.
Paxton wrote that “the Biden-Harris administration’s open border policies have saddled Texas — and the entire country — with a wave of illegal immigration that has resulted in ballooning noncitizen populations across our State,” and claimed that proposals to offer registration by mail are “indiscriminately inviting county residents to register to vote regardless of their eligibility.”
The Texas attorney general ended his letter by saying, “I urge you to abandon this course of action. If you do not, I will see you in court.”