{"id":16775,"date":"2018-03-29T15:07:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T19:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=16775"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:41:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:41:16","slug":"group-sues-houston-noncitizen-voter-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/03\/29\/group-sues-houston-noncitizen-voter-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Sues Houston for Noncitizen Voter Records"},"content":{"rendered":"
Texas\u2019s largest county was sued Thursday for failing to identify noncitizens on its voting rolls.<\/p>\n
In Houston, the Public Interest Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit<\/a> against the Harris County Voter Registrar for failing to disclose noncitizen registered voter records as required under federal law.<\/p>\n \u201cHarris County has previously admitted a problem with noncitizen registration and voting,\u201d PILF President and General Counsel\u00a0J. Christian Adams\u00a0said. \u201cThe question is not if, but how many noncitizens are participating.\u201d<\/p>\n On multiple occasions, noncitizen voter registration and voting has been documented in the county:<\/p>\n Despite the documented problems, Harris County refused PILF\u2019s requests to inspect voter-registration records or to be furnished documents related to noncitizen registrations. The county\u2019s actions appear to violate the 1993 National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).<\/p>\n Section 8 of the NVRA allows individuals to request inspection or seek copies of \u201crecords concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring accuracy and currency of official lists of eligible voters.\u201d<\/p>\n The Harris County Registrar had no immediate comment on the lawsuit. \n