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The Center Square

The Center Square

Texas Secretary of State requests citizenship data from feds to secure voter rolls

The Center Square
Summary
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82% Informative

Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson sent a letter to the director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services .

Nelson requested citizenship and immigration status information to ensure noncitizens are not voting in Texas .

The letter cites federal and state law prohibiting noncitizens from voting and laws requiring Texas to perform voter roll maintenance.

It remains unclear why the letter was sent just two months before the November election.

VR Score

84

Informative language

82

Neutral language

70

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

72

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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