The unit reportedly received a referral from the 81st District Attorney Audrey Louis about allegations of fraud and vote harvesting during the 2022 election.
SAN ANTONIO — Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Election Integrity Unit carried out multiple search warrants in three south Texas counties Tuesday, according to a release from his office.
The investigation into election integrity began in 2022, the news release said. The unit reportedly received a referral from the 81st District Attorney Audrey Louis about allegations of fraud and vote harvesting during the 2022 election.
During the last two years of investigating, Paxton’s office said there was enough evidence to move forward with obtaining the search warrants. Ken Paxton’s news release did not go into detail about the fraud and vote harvesting allegations.
Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen answered KENS 5’s request for a response and said she had not heard about the investigation she “has no info at this time.”
KENS 5 has reached out elections office in Frio and Atascosa counties. We are awaiting a response from both.
The attorney general created the Elections Integrity Unit in the wake of the 2020 presidential election when Republicans around the country began focusing resources on investigating election-related matters.
It’s unclear if any of those cases resulted in convictions, but one of his probes was spurred by a complaint from a county GOP chair, who lost her reelection bid in a landslide. She then refused to certify the results, citing “an active investigation” by the attorney general.
In at least two of the cases, Paxton’s office unsuccessfully tried to indict election workers, According to the Austin American-Statesman.
This is a developing story and further details will be added as they are received. Check back to this article for updates.
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