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(134,076 posts) Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:20 PM Tuesday

Ken Paxton Allegedly Committed Voter Fraud Six Times

Ken Paxton Allegedly Committed Voter Fraud Six Times

The voter fraud call was coming from inside the house, it seems.

Edith Olmsted
July 7, 2026 / 3:29 p.m. ET

https://newrepublic.com/post/212794/ken-paxton-voter-fraud-six-times

Election experts are raising serious red flags after learning that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton voted in six elections while registered at an address where he does not live, ProPublica reported Tuesday.

The Texas attorney general has been registered to vote at his Collin County home—where he has not lived since his divorce two years ago, according to filings by his ex-wife, State Senator Angela Paxton.

It’s not entirely clear where Mr. Paxton has resided since, but prior reporting linked him to another home in Denton County—making him ineligible to participate in elections in Collin County. Doing so is a second-degree felony punishable by a fine up to $10,000 and up to 20 years in prison. Election lawyers have cautioned that this kind of voter fraud is incredibly hard to prove.

Voter rolls showed that Paxton voted in Collin County in the March Republican primary, and again in May when he became his party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate.

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Ken Paxton Allegedly Committed Voter Fraud Six Times (Original Post) applegrove Tuesday OP

And? Honestly, this is Texas Bettie Tuesday #1

Republicans commit voter fraud, abuse children, cheat on their taxes, steal from their employees... Initech Tuesday #2

The media aren't hijacked, they're owned orthoclad Tuesday #3

They were hijacked in the 90s when Rupert Murdoch showed up. Initech Tuesday #4

MaddowBlog-Texas' Paxton faces new voter registration questions, adding to his list of controversies LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #5

This isn't voter fraud! Just stupidity/hypocrisy on Paxton's part. LeftInTX 10 hrs ago #6

Bettie

(20,064 posts)

1. And? Honestly, this is Texas

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:37 PM

Tuesday

he could murder someone in a public place, televised, and immediately do a podcast or broadcast entitled "I killed someone in broad daylight", brag about how great he is at murder, and still have a decent shot at winning the election.

Initech

(109,779 posts)

2. Republicans commit voter fraud, abuse children, cheat on their taxes, steal from their employees...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:42 PM

Tuesday

And yet it's ALWAYS, ALWAYS someone else's fault because they hijacked the media and use it to blame anyone else who isn't them. They all suck!

orthoclad

(5,343 posts)

3. The media aren't hijacked, they're owned

Reply to Initech (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:47 PM

Tuesday

by just a very few Reich Wing billios.

They're doing the job they're paid for.

Initech

(109,779 posts)

4. They were hijacked in the 90s when Rupert Murdoch showed up.

Reply to orthoclad (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:54 PM

Tuesday

All downhill from there!

LetMyPeopleVote

(184,634 posts)

5. MaddowBlog-Texas' Paxton faces new voter registration questions, adding to his list of controversies

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 05:21 PM

10 hrs ago

Given an already long list of scandals, the Republican didn’t need another. With 17 weeks to Election Day, he may have one anyway.

Texasâ€™ Paxton faces new voter registration questions, adding to his list of controversies www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
— Philly Joe (@joehick58.bsky.social) 2026-07-08T19:10:07.613Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/texas-senate-ken-paxton-voter-registration

On Capitol Hill, Democratic and Republican officials may not agree on much, but there’s at least one area of common ground: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is one scandal-plagued Senate candidate......

This week, a related problem emerged. ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reported:

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.

This might not seem especially notable, except for the fact that Paxton, just months earlier, reminded Texans that under state law, “you must register to vote using the address where you reside.”

If the latest reporting (which has not been independently verified by MS NOW) is correct, the state attorney general failed to heed his own warning. In fact, the report added, “Three election lawyers told the news organizations that Paxton may have violated the same Texas laws his office cautioned about in its news release.”.....

The Texas Republican did not respond to multiple requests for comment from ProPublica and the Tribune, although his campaign spokesperson issued a statement saying that Paxton has been “a national leader on election integrity, with a long record of defending Texas elections.” She added that “attempting to insinuate otherwise and tear him down with a baseless, lie-filled tabloid story is not real reporting.”

At least so far, neither Paxton nor his team has offered any evidence to suggest the underlying allegations are baseless or false, and they’ve pointed to no inaccuracies in the reporting.

Given the Senate hopeful’s long list of scandals, he really didn’t need a new problem. With 17 weeks remaining before Election Day, he appears to have one anyway.

LeftInTX

(35,140 posts)

6. This isn't voter fraud! Just stupidity/hypocrisy on Paxton's part.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 05:28 PM

10 hrs ago

When they asked him if he had moved, when he went to vote, I wonder what he said?

But lots of people do not live where they are registered to vote! It's very common and not illegal. The clerk asks them if they have moved and they just say, "no".

Lots of people use business addresses to vote. It happens all the time. If they own a business, they register to vote at the business. As long as the place accepts mail, they're OK. Sometimes they use a different mailing address, which is not illegal.

The worst that can happen is that they can force you to register where you live.

It's only illegal if you are doing it with the intention to influence elections. However, Paxton actually tried a case where that actually happened. A group of people registered in a town, but didn't live in it. They changed the outcome of the election. So Paxton tried them. Guess what? Found Not Guilty!

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/25/edinburg-voter-fraud-not-guilty-richard-molina/

Yes the law says this and that, but trust me if you are student going to college, you use your parents address. Also, we have 50 year olds who still use their parents' address to vote and they don't live with their parents.

Of course it's stupid on Paxton's part, but he's not going to be charged with anything.

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