Texas has entered into agreements with nine states to expand efforts to safeguard elections and maintain accurate voter registration records, Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced this week.
Nelson confirmed that her office has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The agreements establish procedures for securely sharing voter registration data between states.
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According to Nelson, the goal is to identify and prevent duplicate voter registrations and ensure that individuals are not registered to vote in multiple jurisdictions.
“These agreements are a significant step in our ongoing commitment to maintain accurate voter registration lists and upholding the integrity of our elections. By working together, we are demonstrating how states can responsibly share information while protecting voter data,” Nelson said.
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She added that the MOUs “establish a secure and cooperative process for comparing voter registration records, providing a critical tool to detect and prevent potential voter fraud.”
The agreements also require that data be exchanged under strict confidentiality and cybersecurity protocols.
Any duplicate registrations or suspicious activity identified through the program will be reported to the proper authorities for investigation.
Nelson noted that the partnerships are designed to serve as a model for future collaborations, with Texas planning to add additional states to the program.
“Texans expect fair and transparent elections,” Nelson said.
“These agreements provide an effective framework for safeguarding our voter rolls, and we look forward to expanding this initiative with other states in the near future.”
The Texas Secretary of State’s office already uses a variety of federal and state resources to maintain its voter rolls, including databases maintained by the Social Security Administration and the Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Nelson said the new state-to-state agreements provide an “additional tool to identify duplicate voter registrations, detect instances of voting in more than one jurisdiction, and ensure voter databases remain up to date.”
This development follows other initiatives by Nelson’s office to reinforce election integrity across Texas.
Earlier this year, the office launched a statewide election security grant program to assist all 254 counties in meeting new requirements.
Grants are being distributed to help counties comply with paper audit trail mandates, replace decertified electronic pollbooks, update video surveillance systems for ballot security, protect election equipment, and make IT infrastructure improvements.
The state has also pursued investigations into voter fraud cases.
The Texas Secretary of State’s office recently referred 33 potential noncitizens to the Office of the Attorney General after accessing a federal database to review voter rolls.
These individuals were flagged as possibly having registered or voted without proper citizenship status.
Last year, Texas removed more than 6,500 noncitizens from its voter rolls.
The state also requested additional records from federal officials concerning 454,289 registered voters whose citizenship had not been verified.
While those requests were not fulfilled, Nelson said the new data-sharing agreements with other states represent progress in ensuring voter eligibility.
Election integrity has also been a focus for the state legislature.
Lawmakers passed Senate Joint Resolution 37 earlier this year, putting forward a constitutional amendment to clarify that only U.S. citizens can vote in Texas elections.
That measure will appear on the ballot this November as one of 17 proposed constitutional amendments for voters to approve or reject.
Nelson emphasized that these combined efforts demonstrate Texas’ determination to work with both federal and state partners to secure elections.
She said the state is committed to expanding cooperation with additional states to further strengthen protections against potential voter fraud.
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