79 August 2023 available at conviction.237 Texas law does specify that in the case of citizenship status, voter information that indicates non-citizenship must be derived from documents provided to the Department of Public Safety after the person’s current voter registration became effective.238 However, there are some in- dications t. [...] Further, Texas does not have a notice or contestation process before canceling registrations due to suspected death.239 Texas also allows any voter in a county to challenge the registration of another voter in the county, which can lead to harmful and discriminatory practices like voter caging,240 and grants “catch-all” authority to registrars to challenge any reg- istration they believe to be inv. [...] Texas 80 Safeguards Against Erroneous Removal FIGURE 38 Texas Safeguards from Removal 40% 60% 20% 80% 0% 20% 100% Texas scored only 20% for its safeguards to protect voters who do not learn that their registrations have been canceled or placed on the “suspense list” (marked inactive) until they attempt to vote in an election. [...] Most impor- tantly, Texas does not have same-day registration, which would provide a fail-safe opportunity for eligible voters to re-register.242 Texas does, however, allow voters who have been placed on the suspense list based on a suspected change of address to cast a regular ballot after completing a statement affirming they did not move.243 Table 38: Safeguards Against Erroneous Removal Safegu. [...] The state also enacted new laws to punish election officials if they are seen as failing to act promptly enough to remove voters from the rolls pursuant to Texas’ requirements.250 However, problems have continued to surface with the State’s implementation of procedures for removing non-cit- izens from the voting list; the purge lists generated by the Secretary of State’s office in 2021 erroneously.
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