The man said that when he checked VoteTexas.gov, a website maintained by the Texas Secretary of State, there was no one registered to vote with his name and date of birth.
Sunday, September 15, 2024 2:04AMSome Houstonians who say they checked a state website to make sure they were registered to vote report they couldn't find their names.Robert, a 72-year-old homeless man living in northwest Houston, said he's always prided himself on voting.But Robert said that when he checkeda website maintained by the Texas Secretary of State, there was no one registered to vote with his name and date of birth.
Robert was initially worried he was one of more than one million Texans purged from voter rolls since a 2021 law went into effect. "I don't look Hispanic. I am an American citizen. I was born in the state of Michigan. My grandfather happens to be a full-blooded American Indian," Robert said.
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