Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced that the state has removed over 1 million names from the Texas voter rolls, mainly people who moved out of state or died but including 6,500 who Abbott described as potential noncitizens.

“Illegal voting in Texas will never be tolerated,” Abbott said in a statement. “We will continue to actively safeguard Texans’ sacred right to vote while also aggressively protecting our elections from illegal voting.”

Abbott added in a social media post that the removed names are being passed on to the attorney general’s office for possible criminal charges.

  • @pelespiritOPM
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    521 days ago

    Texas would go purple to blue if they didn’t fuck with the system. The US would never let them secede, they could give up their rights though if they want? They could become like Puerto Rico or Guam, that would be hilarious.

    • Pika
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      321 days ago

      I agree that would be absolutely hilarious. They could match it with the Puerto Rico statehood as a flip, so instead of just accepting statehood, they could flip statuses so Texas is a territory and PR gets statehood.

      • @pelespiritOPM
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        221 days ago

        I think we have a plan. Florida might want to jump on board with this too.