"The notice said he needed to provide proof of citizenship such as a copy of a U.S. passport, birth certificate or naturalization certificate within 30 days. Otherwise, his registration would be canceled, though it said he could be immediately reinstated if he showed that documentation at a later date. Nel, who was born in South Africa, became a U.S. citizen as a teenager, more than a decade ago."
"Anthony Nel is the kind of voter who doesn't like to skip an election. The 29-year-old lives in the Dallas-Forth Worth area and usually votes early, which he did as recently as Texas' Nov. 4 constitutional election. So he was disturbed last month to open a letter from his local election office in Denton County, calling into question whether he was eligible to vote at all."
"Nelson came up with the tally after running the state's entire voting list more than 18 million voters through a federal data system known as SAVE that the Trump administration has overhauled this year. The tally of 2,724 potential noncitizens is about 0.015% of the state's voters. Nelson's office directed county election officials to investigate the flagged voters, including by sending out the notice Nel received. The list of voters has not been publicly released."
The Texas Secretary of State matched the state's voter roll of more than 18 million registrants against the federal SAVE system after an overhaul, producing 2,724 flagged "potential noncitizens" (about 0.015% of voters). County officials were directed to investigate flagged records and send notices requiring proof of U.S. citizenship within 30 days or cancel registration, with the possibility of immediate reinstatement upon later documentation. Several eligible, naturalized citizens received notices. The full list of flagged voters has not been released, raising concerns about false positives, administrative errors, and potential disenfranchisement.
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