State officials contacted Galveston County again on Tuesday and said the citizenship of some of the people on their initial list had actually been verified. That meant Galveston county officials had to send 58 voters a second letter telling them to disregard the first letter demanding proof. The 58 voters were among 163 people the county sent letters to Monday and Tuesday asking them to prove their U.S. citizenship. In total, the state sent the county the names of 837 residents suspected of being noncitizens on the voter rolls. Johnson, the Galveston County election administrator, said Paxton had politicized a routine effort to make sure the state’s voter rolls were accurate.

Source: Huffington Post February 01, 2019 01:52 UTC