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Judge tosses Ken Paxton’s lawsuit targeting Bexar County’s voter registration effort

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Bexar County officials voted Sept. 3 to mail voter registration forms to eligible county residents.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued to block the program, saying it could add noncitizens to the voter rolls.

The county voted 3-1 to approve the $ 393,000 outreach contract with Civic Government Solutions , an outside firm.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced in August that Texas officials had removed roughly 1 million people from its voter rolls since 2021 .

Voters watchdog and voting rights groups have questioned the figure, noting that Texas has incorrectly flagged people as noncitizens in the past.

A group of Democratic state lawmakers asked the Justice Department last week to investigate the recent spate of election-related actions.