(NewsNation) — Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson reignited a debate over election integrity this week after posting on social media that her office identified more than 2,000 “potential noncitizens” registered to vote in Texas using an immigration database.

On Monday, Nelson posted on the social platform X that her office had identified 2,724 “potential noncitizen” voters after comparing the state’s entire voter roll with data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ SAVE database. The post has gone viral, drawing millions of views, as early voting gets underway in Texas and several other states.

However, that system isn’t designed to verify citizenship; it only flags immigration status, and matches are often incomplete or outdated. In addition, none of the names have been

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