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RandySF

(88,427 posts) Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:45 PM 22 hrs ago

TX-SEN: Ken Paxton vowed to crack down on "illegal voting." He may have violated Texas election law.

The announcement linked to guidance from his office about election laws in Texas, which included a requirement to be a U.S. citizen, a prohibition on collecting mail ballots on behalf of others and a warning that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records or to establish a residence for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election.”

“You must register to vote using the address where you reside,” the attorney general’s guidance stated.

Despite his own warnings, Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years, including in May’s runoff that made him the Republican nominee for U.S. senator, according to records obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune.

State Sen. Angela Paxton said in a 2025 divorce filing that Paxton, whom she accused of adultery, moved out of their Collin County home a year earlier. But Paxton continues to list the home’s address in the northern Dallas suburb on his voter registration. Angela Paxton declined to be interviewed. A source close to the Paxtons said the attorney general has not moved back into the home since leaving.

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/07/ken-paxton-voting-election-law/

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TX-SEN: Ken Paxton vowed to crack down on "illegal voting." He may have violated Texas election law. (Original Post) RandySF 22 hrs ago OP

In Indiana, the GOP secy of state a decade ago pushed through one of those laws-- viva la 22 hrs ago #1

No one gets prosecuted for this. LeftInTX 22 hrs ago #2

viva la

(4,658 posts)

1. In Indiana, the GOP secy of state a decade ago pushed through one of those laws--

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:52 PM

22 hrs ago

made claiming the wrong address a FELONY.
Wouldn't you know it, he was the first person convicted on that, because he did what probably seemed like a minor issue-- voting without changing his registration address to his new home after a divorce.

Indiana Secretary of State found guilty of six felonies
February 6, 2012
By Maresa Strano

Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: On February 4, 2012, after 12 hours of deliberation, a jury found Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White (R) guilty of 6 of the 7 felonies for which he was tried, including three counts of voter fraud, two counts of perjury and one of theft.

Paxton apparently didn't learn from this.

LeftInTX

(35,124 posts)

2. No one gets prosecuted for this.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:54 PM

22 hrs ago

Kids use their parents address forever. Many of those "kids" are in their 50's.

When my son bought his own house. I went right over to their house and registered them to vote at their new address. When, he rented, he used ours for over 8 years.

I don't think it's illegal to register to vote where you do not reside. I think it's illegal to do it to influence an election. There is no evidence that he did that.

You are supposed to be registered to vote at some type of residential address, but there are thousands of people who are registered to vote at their place of business, particularly if they are wealthy business owner. They just use their business, so people won't know where they live.

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