Politics
NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Sprawling Voter Fraud Investigation
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that his office had opened investigations into 33 potential noncitizens who allegedly voted in the 2024 General Election. The announcement was made after Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson referred the cases to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).
“Noncitizens must not be allowed to influence American elections, and I will use the full weight of my office to investigate all voter fraud,” Attorney General Paxton said in a statement.
“In order to be able to trust the integrity of our elections, the results must be determined by our own citizens—not foreign nationals breaking the law to illegally vote. These potential instances of unlawful voting will be thoroughly investigated, and I will continue to stand with President Trump in fighting to ensure that our state’s elections are safe and secure.”
The referral from Secretary Nelson comes after Texas gained access to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s SAVE Database. State officials were able to access the database after President Trump signed an executive order that directed the Department of Homeland Security to grant all states access to the database at no cost.
Tuesday’s announcement comes just over a month after Paxton’s office announce indictments of six people in connection with an illegal ballot harvesting scheme in Frio County.
In August 2024, Paxton’s Criminal Investigation Division executed multiple search warrants in Frio, Atascosa, and Bexar Counties as part of a multi-year election integrity investigation into “credible” allegations of vote harvesting. On May 1, 2025, Frio County District Attorney Audrey Louis and the Election Integrity Unit of the Office of the Attorney General presented a criminal vote harvesting case to a grand jury in Frio County.
Among those indicted were Frio County Judge Rochelle Camacho, Former Frio County Elections Administrator Carlos Segura, and Pearsall City Council members Ramiro Tevino and Racheal Garza.
