In Austin, Texas, the Secretary of State, Jane Nelson, announced that her office has undertaken a comprehensive audit of the state’s voter registration records using the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ SAVE database to verify citizenship.

Through this review, Nelson reported that over 2,000 individuals potentially not meeting the citizenship criteria have been found on Texas’s voter registration list.

“Participation in our elections is reserved solely for eligible U.S. citizens,” Nelson stated in a news release on Monday. She emphasized that having unrestricted access to this dataset has been transformative in verifying the citizenship status of registered voters and ensuring the accuracy of voter records.