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1/ NEW: Texas is now advising counties on how to check their voter citizenship review lists for naturalized citizens.

This an indirect acknowledgment that legitimate voters could have been on the list from the beginning. #txlege

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2/ Those voters are **in addition** to the more than 20,000 who should have been removed from the list earlier this week after the secretary of state's office found they had been mistakenly included. #txlege

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3/3 We've been following this story for a week now. Read our tick-tock from this morning. #txlege
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1/ "Here I am today, a statistic being used to vilify immigrants."

This @dallasnews reporter has been covering the fallout since Texas flagged 95,000 registered voters for citizenship reviews.

She’s on that list herself — and she’s a citizen. #txlege bit.ly/2UF6WDg
2/ Texas officials flagged 95,000 voters for citizenship reviews in January.

But after thousands were cleared, questions are being raised about how officials handled the process. bit.ly/2UF7tVM
3/ Julieta Chiquillo has been trying to get answers — but she’s getting a lot of no comments.

“I shudder to think what it must be like to try, as a member of the public without a press badge, to get answers.”

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1/ Texas went looking for voter fraud. Then everything fell apart. But along the way, officials spread plenty of misinformation.

Let’s take a look at what happened. #txlege bit.ly/2TpxDf5
2/ First, context: Last Friday, Texas *loudly* announced that counties should check on the citizenship of 95,000 registered voters.

Then, Texas *quietly* told counties that many of the voters flagged for citizenship review don't belong on that list. bit.ly/2TpxDf5
3/ But before Texas started walking back that claim, you might have seen tweets or headlines that claimed Texas said 58,000 non-citizens had voted in Texas.

That wasn’t true.

That was not what the secretary of state's office had said. #txlege bit.ly/2TpxDf5
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1/ Texas went looking for voter fraud. Then everything fell apart.

We’ve been on this story since day one. Here’s how an attempt to review Texas' voter rolls turned into a debacle. #txlege

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2/ One week ago, Texas loudly announced that counties should check on the citizenship of 95,000 registered voters.

Then, Texas quietly told counties that many of the voters flagged for citizenship review don't belong on that list.

How did we get there? bit.ly/2TpxDf5
3/ The seeds were planted in 2013.

Then, Texas lawmakers quietly passed a law granting the secretary of state’s office access to personal information maintained by DPS. #txlege

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