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1/ Breaking: Texas is quietly telling counties that some of the 95,000 voters flagged for citizenship review don't belong on the list. #txlege bit.ly/2SfkYOD
2/ Texas flagged 95,000 voters registered voters for citizenship checks.

But now, Texas is quietly telling counties that some of those voters are citizens and don’t belong on that list.

The number mistakenly flagged is "significant."

#txlege bit.ly/2SfkYOD
3/ So what happened?

The secretary of state’s office incorrectly included some voters who had submitted their voting registration applications at Texas Department of Public Safety offices. bit.ly/2SfkYOD
4/ It’s unclear at this point how many counties have received calls and how many individuals will be removed from the original list of approximately 95,000 individuals that were flagged by the state. bit.ly/2SfkYOD
5/ Several county officials on Tuesday told us they had not received anything in writing about this mistake. #txlege bit.ly/2SfkYOD
6/6 But multiple county officials told us this would likely cause a “significant” drop in the number of registered voters flagged by the state. #txlege bit.ly/2SfkYOD
7/7 UPDATE: We have a statement from the secretary of state's office. #txlege

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