MASS EMAIL (VR/EA): List Maintenance Activity Involving Potential Non-United States Citizens

Texas Secretary of State sent this bulletin at 10/21/2025 01:54 PM CDT

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ELECTIONS DIVISION

TO: Voter Registrars/Elections Administrators

FROM: Elections Division, Texas Secretary of State

SUBJECT: List Maintenance Activity Involving Potential Non-United States Citizens

DATE: October 21, 2025

Dear Election Officials,

On October 16, 2025, the Secretary of State’s office began sending voter records to counties as part of a continuing process for identifying and removing non-United States citizens from the State’s voter rolls. This process is being conducted in accordance with the Secretary of State’s Memorandum of Understanding with United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to compare state voter registration lists with USCIS’ Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) records.

The process for this list maintenance activity is largely the same as the process outlined in Election Advisory No. 2021-11: List Maintenance Activity Involving Potential Non-United States Citizens. Please note the following procedures related to list maintenance activity involving information obtained from USCIS:

We have created a new Notice to Registered Voter for Proof of Citizenship to be used to request proof of citizenship documentation from a registered voter pursuant to the result of the comparison of the voter’s registration information with the USCIS SAVE records.
In accordance with our Memorandum of Understanding with USCIS, if a voter provides proof of citizenship documentation, the county must send a copy of that documentation to the Secretary of State’s office to be provided to USCIS.
Each county’s TEAM representative has reached out to you to further discuss this process and answer any questions you may have about these procedures. Your TEAM representative will also instruct you on how to submit proof of citizenship documentation that you receive to our office.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the Elections Division at (800) 252-8683 or Elections@sos.texas.gov.

Thank you,

Christina Adkins

Director of Elections

Office of the Texas Secretary of State

1019 Brazos Street | Rudder Building, 2nd Floor | Austin, Texas 78701 1.800.252.VOTE (8683)

elections@sos.texas.gov | www.sos.texas.gov

The information contained in this email is intended to provide advice and assistance in election matters per §31.004 of the Texas Election Code. It is not intended to serve as a legal opinion for any matter. Please review the law yourself, and consult with an attorney when your legal rights are involved.

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