Texas Secretary of State David Whitley at his confirmation hearing in Austin. He addressed the backlash surrounding Texas' efforts to find noncitizen voters on voter rolls. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Law Federal Judge Orders Texas To End 'Flawed' Effort To ID Noncitizen Voters February 27, 2019 Texas officials later acknowledged that their list wrongly contained the names of U.S. citizens. The judge criticized what he called the state's threatening letters to suspect voters.