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Ken Paxton investigating “potential noncitizens” for voting in 2020 and 2022 election cycles

Most of those voters are in Harris County, home to Houston. Noncitizen voting is illegal and documented instances are rare.

By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fields questions at the Frisco Gun Club during a press conference announcing his intent to sue the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on May 1, 2024. This comes after the Justice Department announced a new rule requiring all gun sellers to conduct federal background checks on buyers, closing what is known as the “gun show loophole”.

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