Overview
- Reporting Tuesday by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune says Paxton appears to have voted in six elections over the past two years using a Collin County address where he reportedly no longer lived, including the May runoff that made him the GOP Senate nominee.
- In February 2026 Paxton’s office set up a public tip line on voter fraud and published guidance that told voters to register at the address where they actually reside.
- Divorce filings by Angela Paxton state Ken Paxton moved out of the Collin County home roughly two years ago, and separate reporting has linked him to a Denton County property since February, leaving his true residence unclear.
- Texas election law can treat voting at a nonresidential address as a second-degree felony with large fines and prison time, though election lawyers stress that proving where someone actually lived and criminal intent is legally difficult.
- Paxton’s campaign called the reporting a “baseless, lie-filled tabloid story,” reporters say they received limited substantive answers to repeated questions, and the allegations could trigger further probes that affect his role as attorney general and his Senate campaign.