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AUSTIN, Texas - A review of Texas voting rolls has uncovered thousands of potential noncitizens registered to vote in the state.

Secretary of State Jane Nelson said 2,724 people were identified after a review of the state's voter registration list against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' SAVE database.

Texas identifies 2,700 potential noncitizens registered to vote

The state compared the list of more than 18 million registered voters against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database where it identified the 2,724 people who might by illegally registered to vote.

Nelson said the list was sent to each county in Texas who will be tasked with conducting their own investigations into the voter registration.

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