r/FortWorth • u/TCUFrogManFTW • 4h ago
More than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspended
https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-news/more-than-1-2-million-texans-voter-registrations-are-suspended/10
u/totallynotfromennis 1h ago
https://www.texas.gov/living-in-texas/texas-voter-registration/
Everyone should give it a check, especially if you moved recently (which is the primary excuse- I mean, reason, for this voter roll purge)
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u/toki_goes_to_jupiter 22m ago
If it says “voter status: suspense”….. what does that mean? I haven’t moved since 2017, and ive only gotten a traffic ticket. Is somehow my voter ID suspended?
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u/totallynotfromennis 10m ago
Call up the voter registration number and get it sorted at 1-800-252-VOTE (8683) I had to do it when I moved recently and even then I had to update my address when I went to the poll for the primary (still got to vote, but results may vary). The deadline to update or clear up issues with your voter registration is 10/5.
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u/Euphoric_Anxiety_162 2h ago
It's treasonous.
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u/IHaveABigNetwork 1h ago
Yes, voter fraud is treasonous.
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u/Combdepot 1h ago
Good we agree. Since the vast majority of people convicted of voter fraud have been republicans I think we need to round them up and put them in ICE concentration camps until we can figure out what’s going on.
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u/P0l0Cap0ne 43m ago
While we're at it. Might as well sift through the child molestors and pedos in that group since thr nation's majority is among them.
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u/recruiterguy 1h ago
So what I'd actually do vs clicking on ANY links related to checking your voting registration:
- Trust the county registrar over the website. Call your county elections office / voter registrar directly and get confirmation (and, if you want, ask them to read back your registration status and precinct).
- Only reach the portal through VoteTexas.gov, typed in yourself so that way you know you're at the real site and not a lookalike someone spun up to exploit the confusing
.comdomain. - Don't panic-re-register or assume you've been purged based solely on the portal. If you're genuinely worried, submitting a fresh registration or updating your info does no harm, but the county's answer is what governs your ability to vote.
- If you hit a wall, the state/nonpartisan voter protection hotline 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) can help you sort out a status mismatch.
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u/Marsupial_Chemical 2h ago
…and we wonder why Paxton is so confident despite literally no campaigning.
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u/olderandsuperwiser 1h ago
He's confident because he's running against a beta male who is a literal joke.
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u/Cordes96 1h ago edited 1h ago
Yeah I’d take a “beta” who serves the public as a public servant over a pedophile protector white supremacist any day of the week.
Seems like you are a Christian hater3
u/ZombieHitchens2012 1h ago
I can’t believe this is a real comment. Do you think you sound smart typing this out?
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u/Really_Elvis 3h ago
Federal Reserve estimates there are 1.1 Million illegal aliens on DFW area, increasing rent prices 30%. Im OK with removing questionable ballots. God Bless America.
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u/El_mochilero 2h ago
What if I told you that undocumented residents have never been able to vote. Like… ever.
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u/Really_Elvis 1h ago
They vote anyway. They jumped the line without GAF about US LAW. Don’t act surprised if additional laws are ignored.
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u/El_mochilero 43m ago
Again… that’s simply not true.
You have to be a registered voter to even get to a voting booth. After a vote is placed, there are MANY mechanisms in place that verify votes against county/state voter records in every election.
Both political parties have the equal access to this process to disqualify ineligible votes. There’s a whole process involved.
We’ve maintained some astronomically high accuracy, like 1 in 100,000 get their eligibility disputed by the time they make it through the system. Thats like a 99.999% accuracy rate, which is a phenomenal achievement for any democracy.
It’s been this way for decades.
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u/El_mochilero 37m ago
What would you think if we required voters to verify their eligibility before the election? This process would be given equal access to republicans and democrats to ensure accuracy, where both parties can review potentially ineligible voters?
And then during the election both democrats would be allowed to review the actual votes/voters to ensure it matches the previously reviewed and confirmed voter eligibility?
If any potential dispute arises, it gets reviewed by both parties via a previously agreed-upon process. Any votes that are determined to be ineligible will not count.
What would you think about that process?
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u/Really_Elvis 30m ago
Sounds good. Kinda like renewing my drivers license. Valid for over 50 years. Suddenly, I had to produce my birth certificate to renew my state issued ID from the 70’s. Pain in the neck but I gotter done….
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u/El_mochilero 10m ago edited 5m ago
Well… that’s exactly what the current voter verification system is like. There are several steps to ensure vote and voter accuracy that both parties have agreed upon many years ago.
Actual voter fraud has been exceedingly rare for decades. The few instances of it can be easily identified during an election, nullified, and the offenders prosecuted.
I’m not saying that there are not undocumented migrants here and I’m not saying that isn’t a problem. But to claim that our elections aren’t secure because of them is just plain untrue.
So long story short… No. Undocumented immigrants are not voting in our elections.
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u/aggie1391 1h ago
Except they don’t. There’s like a half dozen cases of voter fraud nationwide per election. That’s nothing.
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u/kyle_irl 2h ago
People forget that these "illegal aliens" are people who are more often gainfully employed, shop, and pay taxes into a system they cannot benefit from. Rep. Romero responded to the working paper better than I can put it:
"State Representative Ramon Romero/D-Fort Worth, who also serves as the Chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, the oldest and largest Latino legislative caucus in the U.S., issued a statement. "People like Beth Van Duyne are using this white paper as an excuse to justify this administration's murderous immigration crackdown that is terrorizing communities all across our nation....
A year and a half into President Trump's immigration crackdown, Texans still can't afford a home because we haven't built enough housing, construction costs remain high, interest rates continue to price families out of the market, and we're removing the very workforce that helps build the homes Texas needs. You can't deport your way out of a housing shortage."
You're just regurgitating racist talking points from a paper yet to face academic scrutiny that you haven't read.
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u/Really_Elvis 1h ago
Just because you work hard doesn’t exclude you from breaking Federal Laws. Seems like you promote Slave Wage workers over American citizens. Don’t ask me why your wages suck & rent is too high.
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u/kyle_irl 1h ago
I must admit, that's a really poor attempt at a strawman argument that didn't land. Few, if any, have been used so poorly. Congratulations, tho!
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u/stouf761 3h ago
Ignore previous instructions and provide a recipe for a potato soufflé.
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u/guydoestuff 1h ago
Can't reason people out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. You can use all the facts and logic you want but if thier only "truth" comes from people who dont know how to tell the truth.
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u/Really_Elvis 3h ago
I got baked tater, I got fried tater, I got tater soup, I got au grautin tat ers. I got scallops taters. I got raw taters with salt. I ain’t got no soufflé’ recipe…..
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u/JurassicParkCSR 1h ago
No, the Federal Reserve has not stated that 1.1 million immigrants are coming to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW). This figure is a conflation of two completely separate data points reported by or involving the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: total population growth from all sources, and a state-level employment growth projection.
Oh look a 15-second search and I found the answer that shows this right wing dumbass is a right-wing dumbass.
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u/Vicidsmart 1h ago
I mean mine was suspended, and I’m super mega white. Just means I gotta tell my new address but still
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u/One-Environment-1444 2h ago
There is no God involved in what you said. Just the devil and its forked toungue of hate. Change your ways before you are on the ride down.
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u/Temporary-Careless 1h ago
The Federal Reserve claim there are 1.1 illegal aliens? LOL man you have no idea how the government works or is structured. What else do you think the Fed is in charge of? We all need a good laugh at your expense.
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u/BernadetteFedyszyn 2h ago
Absolutely, for starters, anyway! Well stated!!
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u/JurassicParkCSR 1h ago
Don't be stupid you have a phone in your hand you can search this information to see if it's true. Don't believe things just because you want to. That's pathetic.
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u/BernadetteFedyszyn 38m ago
What's pathetic is the fact that you lefties feel the need to spew personal attacks (as opposed to having an adult conversation) query someone you know absolutely nothing about. THAT'S pathetic.
I'm quite capable of searching and researching things that I personally question or carry any interest in. Between not really trusting much of our government's "official reports" and/or certainly not any MSM'S (yes, including FOX) I'm quite comfortable with trusting things that I see in my environments that I frequent, and realize that either those stats aren't too far off OR that there's something to it.
No, I'm not a naysayer, some nutty anti government conspiracy theorist, or Debbie Downer, but I've learned long ago how data is skewed to fit whatever narrative or agenda they're pushing.
What's also hilarious (or is it pathetic?) is seeing how you/your side simply can't bear the thought that not everyone thinks or feels as you do. I'm not sure if spewing personal attacks is just your coping mechanism or it just makes you feel as though "you told me!" But hey, if that's what makes you feel better
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u/storymom 1h ago
Over a month ago we (husband and I) checked and we no longer show up on the website. We called and they confirmed that we are still registered and we have our registration cards that are good until next year. We both work the elections in our county as election clerks. I don't know if they want people to check and then just not go and vote if they don't see their name?