Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference on July 11 that his office is investigating nearly 400 more alleged cases of voter fraud and told audience members that concern about election fraud isn't overblown.
"Do not believe the narrative, because in Texas we are going to fight election fraud," Paxton said, noting that Republicans would have struggled during election day last year if his office hadn't stopped local election officials from breaking rules around balloting.
"People tell you there is no election fraud. Let me just tell you right now, my office has 511 counts in court because of COVID waiting to be heard. We have another 386 that we're investigating," he told the CPAC audience in Texas.
"If you add those together, that's more election fraud than my office has prosecuted since it started investigating election fraud years and years ago. So do not believe the narrative, because in Texas we are going to fight election fraud." In June, Paxton announced that his office is investigating 500 cases that are "Waiting to be heard in court." Texas's state Senate approved a sweeping bill a month prior to that announcement that would grant more power to poll watchers by giving them increased access inside polling areas.
It would also create new penalties against election officials who restrict poll watchers' movements and would allow a judge to void the outcome of an election if the number of fraudulent votes could change the result, among other provisions.
While Republicans have said the bill is needed to shore up any election irregularities or potential fraud, Democrats claim that they're designed to suppress voter turnout rates, namely among minority groups.
"Even Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives, they agree that as [it] concerns mail-in ballots, that is an area where improving the mail-in ballot system is a way to achieve greater election integrity," he said.
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