According to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, more than one million people have been purged from Texas voter rolls since 2021.

According to Abbott’s office, the purge affects thousands of non-citizens who were allegedly registered to vote.

Since the 2020 election, there has been increased focus on election integrity, particularly in Republican states and counties where there are allegations that non-voters and non-citizens cast their ballots. The issue was discussed in detail at a House Elections Committee hearing on Monday.

“It’s about trust. I’m not calling anyone a fraudster or a voter fraudster or anything like that. It’s about trust, because if people don’t have trust, they won’t vote because they think their vote doesn’t count,” said Republican Rep. Mano DeAyala of Houston.

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The problem continues to crop up, although audits in four large counties found no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Harris County, however, has been criticized for poor oversight and data management.

There are more than 17 million registered voters in the entire state of Texas.

Governor Abbott says the removal of one million people from the state’s voter rolls coincides with the enactment of new election security laws.

Abbott highlighted several categories, including 6,500 “potential non-citizens” who were removed from the lists.

Of these, approximately 1,900 had a voting history and these cases are being investigated further.

Nothing in Abbott’s press release so far suggests evidence of election fraud.

The vast majority of the remaining cases involve people who are or have been placed on the suspense list, which often happens when voters move without notifying their county’s registration officer.

Christina Adkins, the state’s elections director, says her office regularly updates county election officials on the status of potential noncitizens.

“We send them data and that results in the deletion of the data,” Adkins said.

Since 2021, she says her office receives real-time information from DPS when a noncitizen notifies the state of their status at a location like the DMV.

Election officials in North Texas told FOX 4 that their offices are purging ballot lists weekly and pressure from public activists has skyrocketed.

Collin County has received about 10,000 requests to delist for various reasons since April, double the number in 2020.

Bruce Sherbey, the county’s elections director, told FOX 4 that his office had already taken action in about 80 percent of those cases before the appeals were filed.

A similar situation exists in neighboring Denton County, where there have been more than 17,000 appeals in recent months.

“One of the most important things we can do is highlight the work of the counties. Texas is very good at maintaining lists. We have strong, clean voter lists,” Adkins said.

State Rep. Eddie Morales (D-Eagle Pass) asked if there was any truth to recent claims that large numbers of immigrants were registering to vote.

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“This happened after there were numerous surges of migrants at the Texas border, so I’m trying to make sure there are no anomalies, no surge, no peak in noncitizen registration,” Morales said.

“We review this data regularly to identify any potential issues or anomalies, and we have not identified any unusual activity. Everything is consistent with what has been the case for the past few years,” Adkins responded.

Dozens of counties use outside vendors to help them manage lists and other tools. The state admits that’s because its system was outdated for large counties.

A new, improved system will be introduced next year. Lawmakers proposed passing a law requiring all counties to participate in the state system. That doesn’t mean the state won’t have access to those counties’ data.

The last day for Texans to register to vote in the November election is October 7.

You can check your registration status here.