Texas tells counties noncitizen voter report may be flawed

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Officials with the Texas secretary of state's office began calling county election chiefs Tuesday to warn about problems with its recent report questioning the citizenship of tens of thousands of registered voters, the latest example of a state backpedaling after raising alarms about potential widespread election fraud.

Local officials told The Associated Press that they received calls from Texas Secretary of State David Whitley's office indicating that some citizens had been included in the original data announced Friday. The state had used a database of drivers' licenses and personal IDs to suggested that as many as 95,000 non-U.S.