US District Judge Fred Biery on Wednesday blocked an initiative led by Acting Texas Secretary of State David Whitley to flag registered Texas voters suspected of being non-citizens.
In January the Texas Secretary of State’s office issued an election advisory that conferred with the Department of Public Safety records to confirm Texas voters’ citizenship status. This resulted in approximately 98,000 voters on a list that would be sent out to local Texas election counties to scrutinize the eligibility of an individual on that list if there were to try to vote.
