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LeftInTX

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6. This isn't voter fraud! Just stupidity/hypocrisy on Paxton's part.
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 05:28 PM
Yesterday

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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