AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson said her office conducted a full comparison and citizenship verification of the state's voter registration list through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' SAVE database.

During the review, the state identified more than 2,000 potential noncitizens registered to vote in Texas, according to Nelson.

“Only eligible United States citizens may participate in our elections,” Nelson said in a Monday news release. She said, in part, that having free and direct access to the data set has been a “game changer” to “verify the citizenship of those on our voter rolls and maintain accurate voter lists.”

The release said 2,724 potential noncitizens were identified as being registered to vote in Texas. According to the release, those files

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