AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent letters to both the Bexar and Harris County Commissioner’s Courts threatening to sue if proposed plans to mail voter registration forms to individuals regardless of their eligibility moves forward.
A press release from Paxton’s office says the Bexar County Commissioner’s Court will consider using taxpayer funds to pay a third-party vendor to print and distribute voter registration forms to unregistered individuals residing in the county on Tuesday. Paxton says a similar plan has been under consideration by the Harris County Commissioner’s Court.
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“The distribution of forms to unverified recipients could induce ineligible people—such as felons and noncitizens—to commit a crime by attempting to register to vote. Further, Texas counties have no statutory authority to print and mail state voter registration forms, making the proposal fundamentally illegal,” the press release says.
Paxton says if Bexar County votes to adopt the measure being considered on Tuesday, he will sue the county. Paxton says if Harris County follows through with its own plan, he will do the same.
“It is unlawful and reckless for counties to use taxpayer dollars to indiscriminately send voter registration forms with no consideration of the recipients’ eligibility and without any statutory authority to do so,” said Attorney General Paxton. “These counties’ attempts to do so after the Biden-Harris Administration has allowed millions of illegal aliens to enter the country are especially troubling.”
In the letter, Paxton continues, “It is more important than ever that we maintain the integrity of our voter rolls and ensure only eligible voters decide our elections. Your proposal does the opposite by indiscriminately inviting county residents to register to vote regardless of their eligibility. I urge you to abandon this proposal. If you do not, I will see you in court.”
You can read the letter to Harris County below: